. British birds. Birds. 152 BRITISH BIRDS. Skerryvore Lighthouse {, 1904, pp. 126 and 187), May 3rd, ? Shetland, and July 19th, 3 juv., Peterhead, Aberdeenshire {Zool, 1904, pp. 230 and 384) ; 1906, November 11th, one caught at Skerryvore Lighthouse {Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1907, p. 26) ; 1907, March 18th, one shot at Touch, Stirlingshire, April 25th, (? ad., picked up dead at Smeaton-Hepburn, East Lothian (, 1907, pp. 181-2). Ireland.—Although it had occurred in all quarters, it was known only as a rare winter visitor (c/. Birds of Ireland, p. 53) until in 1902 an old bird was observed f
. British birds. Birds. 152 BRITISH BIRDS. Skerryvore Lighthouse {, 1904, pp. 126 and 187), May 3rd, ? Shetland, and July 19th, 3 juv., Peterhead, Aberdeenshire {Zool, 1904, pp. 230 and 384) ; 1906, November 11th, one caught at Skerryvore Lighthouse {Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1907, p. 26) ; 1907, March 18th, one shot at Touch, Stirlingshire, April 25th, (? ad., picked up dead at Smeaton-Hepburn, East Lothian (, 1907, pp. 181-2). Ireland.—Although it had occurred in all quarters, it was known only as a rare winter visitor (c/. Birds of Ireland, p. 53) until in 1902 an old bird was observed feeding young near Straft'an, co. Kildare, and Hawfinches have been observed there all through the nesting season since 1896 {Irish Nat., 1902, p. 250; 1903, p. 111). It is interesting to note that Mr. Ussher found remains of the bird in the upper stratum of the cave- deposits at Newhall, co. Clare {Irish Nat., 1906, p. 136). Mr. W. P. Pycraft has pointed out that near the gape on each. Horny " crusliing pads " on the palate and lower jaw of the Hawfinch. side of the lower jaw of the Hawfinch there is a large rounded boss, having a finely striated surface. On the palate, immediately above, there is an oblong horny pad similarly striated. Mr. Pycraft suggested that these protuberanc( s served as crushing organs {Bull. XV., p. 37). {To he coniinned.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London, Witherby & Co
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