340 Bird Notes. 



Douglas Gordon (s. of Canon the Hon. Douglas Hamilton Gordon). 

 " Fifty years of Failure, Confessions of an Optimist.'' London : Smith, 

 Elder, & Co. 1905. 10s. Qd. net. Well reviewed in Guardian, Dec. 

 20th, 1905. 



§ii-b fotcs. 



BoliemiaU WaXWiUg'. a fine specimen shot at the Moot, Downton, 

 on Dec. 24th, 1903, was presented to the Salisbury Museum by Mr. 

 Pickett. 



Blackgame in Wiltshire. " On going his rounds on the 



morning of April 8th ray keeper picked up a greyhen that had evidently 

 been killed the previous night by flying against the wire fence of a 

 rabbit warren. As I have never heard of Blackgame being seen before 

 in this county, I am sending the bird to you by parcel post for inspection. 

 The warren where the bird was killed is situated about two miles north 

 of Warminster. — R. H. Artindale, East House, Warminster. 



[The Black Grouse has long ceased to be a native of Wiltshire, although 

 the Eev. A. C. Smith, in his history of the birds of the county, mentions 

 several localities where it was formerly to be met with. As, however, 

 it is still to be found in the adjoining counties of Hants, Dorset, and 

 Somerset, it is to be presumed that now and then a stray bird or two 

 may wander over the boundary, to meet the fate which usually attends 

 uncommon feathered visitors. — Ed."] 



The above note appeared in The Field, April 14th, 1906. 



