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Lot 46*. The Lanner, Falco Lannarius. Colonel Bullock ( 1 9«. ), 



Lot 52. Hose-coloured Ouzle. Mr. Swainson (22*.). 



Lot 54. The Crested Titmouse ; rare. Mr. Vigors (I L#.). 



Lot 54*. The White-winged Crossbill (male and female) ; very 

 rare. Lord Stanley ('2'2s.). 



Lot 64. The Mountain Partridge ; "a pair of them were lately 

 killed in Cheshire by J. Davenport, Esq., M.P." Mr. I 

 (<£4 10s.). A MS. note in Professor Newton's copy adds : •" This 

 specimen from France." 



Lot 65. A pair of the curious small variety of the Common 

 Partridge, which rarely occurs in France. Lord Stanley ( CI t*.). 



Lot 66. Curious variety of the Arctic Gull ; killed in the 

 Orkneys " by Mr. Sands " (MS. note in Professor Newton 1 -, copj >. 

 Baron Laugier (34s.). 



Lot 68. Larus Glaucus ; killed on Loch Lomond ; very rare 

 as a British bird. " Shot by Dr. Stuart of Lugs " (MS. note in 

 Professor Newton's copy). Lord Stanley (19s.). 



Lot 113. A case containing Twenty Birds, from Sierra Leone ; 

 nearly the whole of which are undescribed ; a most interesting 

 lot to the naturalist. Professor Temminck (£16 10s.). 



Lot 125. Doubtful Barbet ; very rare and fine. Professor 

 Temminck (£2 4s.). 



Lot 128. Yellow-pinioned Finch, Latham MS., not described. 

 Mr. Molinari (24s.). 



Lot 128. Two beautiful Pigeons, supposed male and female; 

 shot by Sir Joseph Banks, in his voyage with Capt. Cook : the 

 only ones known. Mr. Ledbetter (£7 7s.). 



Dr. Leach did not appear at this stage of the sale, and the 

 principal British buyers were Lord Stanley, Mr. Vigors, Mr. 

 Swainson, Mr. Molinari [or Molinaire, as the Museum copy has 

 the name], Colonel Bullock, Mr. Sabine, Mr. Bid dell. Captain 

 Laskey, Mr. Ryall, Mr. Ashmead. Many specimens went abroad 

 with Professor Temminck, Baron Laugier making only a re- 

 purchases. The Marquis of Buckingham bought, for E 1 7 V. 

 Lot 111, "The Great Boa Constrictor, thirty-two feet long, in 

 the act of seizing a Deer ; most beautifully set up, and eonsidered 

 as the finest subject in the Museum." A MS. note in Professor 

 Newton's copy declares that "the Boa was only 20 feel long, Ian 

 much thicker." 



The Twenty -thibd Day's Sale took place on the 8th of June, 

 1819, and commenced with " foreign birds." 



