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and he also goes on to mention Pennant as having s^en 
these birds in Invercauld Forest, and quotes : Mr^ Selby 
in his ' lUustrations,' p. 257, seems inchned to regard them 
as only occasional visitants."* Both these references refer 
Z the'^Pine-Grosbeak, as indeed do all 
to previous ornithological works given at the headmg of 
chapter on " Corythus enu^leatorr Moreover he de^cnbe 
the Ha^vfinch with sufficient accuracy under the name of 
Coccothraustes vulgaris, Common Gvo^he^k. f " 
seems possible that the Drumlanrig specimens may actually 
have been Pine-Grosbeaks, which were perhaps identified 
and named by aid of the History of BnUsh Amn>Ms _ But 
the silence of Sir WiUiam Jardme as regards both^^e 
alleged Drumlanrig and Kirkmichael occurrences is strong 
negative evidence. It is improbable that he a member o 
tht Wernerian Society, and living m the county of 
Dumfriesshire, should never have heard of these allegations , 
?nd I quote what he wrote of the "Pine Bullfinch, Corythus 
enucleLr " in 1839. " In Britain it stands as one of our 
rarest and most sought after birds. One of our farst 
authorities for its occurrence is Mr. Pennant, who me 
with them [August 5th, 1769], flying above the great 
Lests of Invercauld in Aberdeenshire, and since that 
lTa?e not aware of any authentic instance f their ^ecur^ 
rence in Scotland, and we have never ourselves met with 
them in the north, though they have been often anxiously 
'°?he See of any remarks by Sir William on these 
alleged local occurrences leads me to suspect errors m 
identification, and this species therefore is here mcluded 
^-TrSnSSSak is an inhabitant of the conifer-zone 
of the northern parts of Europe and West Siberia, straymg 
southwards in winter.] 
* Hist. Brit. Animals, 1828, pp. 76, 77. 
t Op. cit., pp. 82, 83. 
X Nat. Lib., 1839, Vol. XI., p. 336. 
