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No. 



definitely County Note 



recorded. 



.■3 Nottinghamshire (Nos. 24, 25, 



51, 52, 58). 

 4 Cornwall (Nos. 3, 4, 11, 19) .. Possibly other occurrences. 

 4 Northumberland (Nos. 9, 10, 13, 



14). 

 3 Hampshire (Nos. 1, 31, 40) . . No. 1 may have been killed 



on the Sussex border. 

 2 Yorkshire (Nos. 44, 45). 

 2 Staffordshire (Nos. 18, 56). 

 1 Surrev (No. 16). 

 1 Norfo'lk(No. 27). 

 1 Dorset (No. 37). .. .. Probably other occurrences in 



the same season. 

 1 Warwickshire (No. 38). 

 1 Suffolk (No. 46). 

 47 — [Worcestershire ?] . . . . Probably one occurrence. 



WALES. 



3 Brecon (Nos. 53, 54, 55). 



1 Merioneth (No. 7). 



— [Carmarthen ?] . . . . Said to have occurred 



4 — details given. 



— SCOTLAND. 



3 Wigtownshire (Nos. S, 41, 42). 



1 Peeblesshire (No. 57). 



1 Lanark ? (No. 39). 



1 Ayrshire (No. 36). 



1 Mull (No. 43). 



1 Kirkcudbrightshire (No. 50). 

 8— 



1 Origin unknown (No. 29). 

 1 — 



60 Total. 



A rough test which will serve to distinguish hybrids 

 between Pheasant and domestic fowl from those between 

 Pheasant and Black-game is the shape of the tail. In 

 the former cross some of the tail-feathers are always 

 considerably elongated, whereas in the latter the tail is 

 shorter and rounded in shape, the middle feathers being 

 only Siightly longer than the rest. In three cases, at any 

 rate (Nos. 37, 46, and 47 or 49), the male hybrid is 

 described as having a lyrate tail, like the Black-cock, 

 but it is never Pheasant-like in shape. The Pheasant 



