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presented a specimen to Mr Bullock, which per- 
haps had induced that gentleman to search for it 
himself; and since its discovery there, several 
specimens have been procured, some of which are 
now in the Edinburgh Museum, and others in 
private collections. One of the latest captures 
was sent alive to Dr Neill, Canonmills, in whose 
garden it spent some months. In England, 
the instances of its capture are more rare. 
Montague mentions a specimen in possession of 
Mr Bullock, which was understood to have been 
killed in the vicinity of Norwich ; and the col- 
lection at Twizel House possesses two specimens, 
which were killed near Kothbury, in Northum- 
berland, during the winter of 1823. In February 
last a fine male was shot below Selby-on-the- 
Moor in Yorkshire.* In Ireland, it has been 
more frequently seen. Mr Thompson commu- 
nicated the capture of one to the Zoological 
Society in 1835, of which he has now enabled us 
to give a more full account. “ About the 26th 
of March, 1835, a specimen of this bird was sent 
in a recent state to Dr Adams of Portglenone, by 
a person who had shot it a few days before in that 
neighbourhood, and who stated that a similar indi- 
vidual had been seen about the place where it was 
obtained.” Other specimens have also been seen. 
See notice in No. VII. of Mag. of Zoo), and Bot. ii. p. 93. 
