. A history of British birds. By the Rev. Morris .. . oe Islands, Greenland,and Iceland. In Asia it is assigned to Siberia, and the bordersof the Caspian Sea. In America it is stated to be wellknown in the United States, but as least numerously metwith in their southern districts. Captain Sabine mentions hisfinding them at the North Georgian Islands. It advancesnorthwards to the Arctic Regions. The earliest recorded occurrence of this bird as a Britishone, was in the island of Stronsay, one of the Orkneys, inthe year 1769, as mentioned by Pennant. In 1803, eight others, six females and tw
. A history of British birds. By the Rev. Morris .. . oe Islands, Greenland,and Iceland. In Asia it is assigned to Siberia, and the bordersof the Caspian Sea. In America it is stated to be wellknown in the United States, but as least numerously metwith in their southern districts. Captain Sabine mentions hisfinding them at the North Georgian Islands. It advancesnorthwards to the Arctic Regions. The earliest recorded occurrence of this bird as a Britishone, was in the island of Stronsay, one of the Orkneys, inthe year 1769, as mentioned by Pennant. In 1803, eight others, six females and two males, werefound in Sanday and North Ronaldshay. They are said tobe more rare there than formerly. In Lincolnshire one wastaken near Louth, by the Rev. William Marsden, during thewinter of 1849-50; one also near that place the beginningof November, 1849, as the Rev. R. P. Alington wrote meword. In Surrey, it is said by Mr. Mansell to have occurrednear Godalming. In Oxfordshire, one was found in anexhausted state on Shotover Hill, in the winter of
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