178 DORSETSHIRE FAUNA. 



(132) 132. nrbica. Martin Swallow, I have seen nests of this bird on 

 the chalk-cliffs by the sea, near Lulworth Castle. 



(131) 133. riparia. Sand Swallow. I once noticed these birds in profusion 

 on the sea-shore, near Portland Ferry, as if preparing to migrate, late in the 

 autumn. 



1. Cypselus. Swift. 



(135 J 134. murarius. Wall Swift. In great numbers on Wimborne 

 Towers. 



CAPRIMULGID.E, Nightjar family, 

 li. Capbimulgus. Nightjar. 



(136) 136. EuropcBus. European Nightjar. 

 ORDER III. RASORES, Scratchers. 



COLUMBINE, Pigeon family. 

 Hi. Columba. Pigeon. 



(139) 137. palumbus. Ring Pigeon. G. W., &c. 



(140) 138. cenas. Stock Pigeon. Isle of Purbeck, Dr. P. In large 

 flocks in Turnip fields in the winter, at Parley (and Thome.) 



(142) 140. turtur. Turtle Dove. Cranborne Chace. 

 PHASIANID^E, Pheasant family. 



lvi, Phasianus. Pheasant. 



(143) 145. Colchicus. Common Pheasant, G. W., &c. ; also the Pied 

 Pheasant ; both naturalized. 



146. torquatus. Ring Pheasant. 

 TETRAONID^, Grous family. 

 Iviii. Tetrao. Grous. 



(149) 149. tetrix. Black Grous. Parley and Pool Heaths ; Morden 

 and Moreton Heaths, and formerly shot on Knighton Heath, near Dorchester, 

 by the late John Floyer, Esq. 

 lix. Perdix. Partridge. 



(144) 153. cinerea. Grey Partridge, G. W., &c. 



(145) 154. rufa. Redlegged Partridge. Shot at Up way, near Wey- 

 mouth, Dr. P. 



(146) 156. coturnix. Quail. I have seen two or three at West Staf- 

 ford. There are generally a few on Fordington Fields. 



STRUTHIONID.E, Ostrich family. 

 lx. Otis. Bustard; 



(152) 157. tarda. Great Bustard. A few seen in Dr. P.'s time, 

 about Woodyates and Ashmore Downs, Langton and Strickland. Now quite 

 extinct in Dorset. I once saw one that had just been shot near Amesbury, 

 Wiltshire. 



