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brother ornithologists. But in the north-west of England it has 
shewn a strong partiality for the seeds of clover, turnip, and rye- 
grass, as also for the seeds of Glasswort. The gizzards neualy 
contain some fine pieces of quartz or grit. 
(5.) TERRESTRIAL PRocREssion.—The remarkable foot, a 
induced Illiger to propose the genus of Syrrhapies for Tetrao 
paradoxus, Pall.,—is doubtless well adapted to a sandy country. 
Mr. Reynolds wrote under date August 3rd: “‘The footprints are 
curious. ‘They are very small for a bird seemingly larger than a 
Partridge. The middle claw extends far beyond the other two, 
and the smallness of foot may account for a kind of roll or shuffle 
_ they have in walking or running.” On August 6th, hundreds of 
_ the impressions in wet sand were examined, in which no variation 
_ couldbedetected. The pad always seems to produce a depression, 
4 shallowest in front; where the three claws pierce the sand, and 
leave three round holes, the first in front of the other two. Although 
the legs of the Sand-grouse are so short, and their feet encased in 
pads, they caz run with considerable celerity if alarmed. A bird at 
7 the Zoological Gardens offered a close examination of the shambling 
; gait of the genus. He ran to and fro, but never hopped ; he always 
put out one foot, and then the other, using each alternately. 
 (6.) Moutt.—On August 6th it was found that the Ravenglass 
_ birds were moulting hard. The ground they frequented was strewn 
with their cast feathers. Their “mutes” also abounded, and these 
: when fresh are in colour lead-grey, varying above to a chalky 
white, and drying a yellowish brown. On August 17th, the birds at 
Regent’s Park were deep in moult. Evidently the species performs 
the moult in August. 
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ARRIVAL OF PALLAS SAND-GROUSE. 
_ I. Cumpertanp.—(a) East Cumberland. No birds have been 
teported from Penrith, Alston, or Renwick districts, though all 
enquiries were made by Messrs. Tandy, Walton, and Lawrence. 
‘It would appear that none have on this occasion appeared in those 
districts. But Mr. J. J. Baillie of Carlisle has informed the writer 
: Sand-grouse seen in Northumberland, about thirteen miles east 
