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Identifier: handbookofbritis00hart (find matches)
Title: A handbook of British birds, showing the distribution of the resident and migratory species in the British islands, with an index to the records of the rarer visitants
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Harting, James Edmund, 1841-1928
Subjects: Birds -- Great Britain
Publisher: London, J.C. Nimmo
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
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Langham: Ussher, Birds of Ireland, p. 74. WHITE - WINGED CROSSBILL. Loxia leucoptera,Gmelin. Length, 6 in.; bill, 0*7 in.; wing, 35 in.;tarsus, 0*6 in. Hab. Northern parts of North America. One near Worcester, 1836. In the Strickland collection, Cambridge Museum.One near Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Feb. 1841: R. Gray, Birds of West of Scotland, p. 155.One, Exmouth, Oct. 17, 1845: Fitton, Zool., 1845, p. 1190.Four from a flock, Cowick, near Snaith, Yorkshire, Dec. 27, 1845 : Milner, Zool, 1847, p. 1694.Four, Edwinstowe, Notts, April 1849: Sterland, Birds of Sherwood Forest, p. 126.A flock near Banff, 1859 : Edward, Zool., 1859, p. 6631.One, Yarmouth, Oct. 9, 1872: Stevenson, Trans. Norf. Nat. Soc, 1873, p. 118. Obs. Some years since Dr. Dewar of Glasgow,when 600 miles off Newfoundland, observed a num-ber of these birds crossing the Atlantic before astiff westerly breeze. Many alighted on the rigging,and ten or twelve specimens were secured. Ofthese, two escaped as the ship neared Ireland,
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STARLINGS 385 and made for the land ; two others flew out oftheir cage while being conveyed through Liverpool.The rest lived for some time in confinement. Fam. ICTERID^. RED-WINGED STARLING. AgeL-eus phceniceus, VieillLength, 85 in.; bill, 075 in.; wing, 4*5 in.; tarsus,1 in. Hah. North and Central America, from the Atlanticto the Pacific. One near London: Albin, Hist. Birds, vol. i. p. 36.One, Barton Broad, Norfolk, June 1843: Gurney, Zool., 1843, p. 317, and 1864, p. 9024; Stevenson, Birds of Norfolk, vol. i. p. 244.One, Shepherds Bush, Middlesex, autumn 1844: Yarrell, Brit. Birds; Hartmg, Birds of Middlesex, p. 92.One, Sidlesham, Sussex, Dec. 26, 1863 : Jeffery, Zool., 1864, p. 8951; Borrer, Birds of Sussex, p. 141.One, Romney, Kent, June 1864 or 1865. Mr. J. H. Gurney, jun., saw this specimen Avhile in the hands of a bird- stuffer at Rye.One, Liphook, Hants, May 16, 1865 : Jesse, Zool., 1865, p. 9782.One, Hove, near Brighton, March 21, 1866 : Monk, Zool., 1866, p. 229 ; Borrer, Bi

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