. Notes on the birds of Northamptonshire and neighbourhood . read the article headed Waxwing in the fourth edition of Yarrells BritishBirds. A winter seldom passes without a record ofthe occurrence of this species in some part of England,most frequently in the eastern counties; and onseveral occasions it has visited our Islands in verylarge numbers: in the winter of 1849-50, for in-stance, it appears that 586 examples were recordedin the Zoologist as occurring between Novemberand March, nearly half of them in the second andthird weeks of January. Perhaps the most remark-able fact with regard t
. Notes on the birds of Northamptonshire and neighbourhood . read the article headed Waxwing in the fourth edition of Yarrells BritishBirds. A winter seldom passes without a record ofthe occurrence of this species in some part of England,most frequently in the eastern counties; and onseveral occasions it has visited our Islands in verylarge numbers: in the winter of 1849-50, for in-stance, it appears that 586 examples were recordedin the Zoologist as occurring between Novemberand March, nearly half of them in the second andthird weeks of January. Perhaps the most remark-able fact with regard to the Waxwing is that, althoughthe bird had been known in this country and in most AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. 151 parts of Northern and Central Europe for at leasttwo centuries, it was only as an uncertain wintervisitor, and till the year 1856 its manner of nesting,colour of eggs, &c. were matters of profound that year, however, the secret was discoveredthrough the indefatigable exertions of the late Wolley in Lapland, a condensed account of. Distingnislied Foreigners. whose most interesting discovery will be found inYarrell [loc. sup. cit.), and full details are given in The Ibis for 1861 (pp. 92-106). The Waxwing has occurred several times to myknowledge in our county and on its borders. Threewere obtained near Thurning in or about 1838 ; oneof these birds was preserved, and was for a long timein the possession of a relation of mine, to whom itwas brought in the flesh, In the winter afore- 152 THE BIRDS OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE mentioned of 1849-50 several of these birds wereshot in the neighbourhood of Peterborough, oneof these (a very fine okl male) is now in mycollection. Mr. A. G. Elliot, of Stamford, has in-formed me that several were killed in Stamfordopen field in 1844-45 ; and the Rev. R. S. Baker, ofHargrave, in a letter dated February 15, 187G, writesthat the AVaxwing has been shot in this villagesome years back. Besides these instances I maymention that on De
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