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large size. I had also a bird bred between the Golden Pheasant 
Cock and the Common Pheasant Hen, the product being a bird a 
full third heavier than the pure breed. I have also had this week 
sent me a very curious Hybrid which I believe to be between the 
Golden Pheasant Cock and Silver Pheasant Hen. It is somewhat 
larger than the Golden Pheasant, and is a rich shining black with 
bright green reflections. It has spurs of a considerable size on 
each leg, and altogether it is a very curious specimen. In the 
month of December I had five specimens of the Cross Bill sent me. 
They appeared to me to be young birds, as they had not the bright 
colours of the adult bird. They have been known to breed here 
in various parts of the country. There is nothing that I have seen 
unusual to note among our native birds generally, but I may men- 
tion that the Hooded Crow was more plentiful last season than I 
ever saw it before. The same remark applies to the Short-eared 
Owl. 
Il. How I Found my Stone Implements. (Abridged). By Mr 
JAMES R. WILSON, of Sanquhar. 
The antiquity of the parishes of Sanguhar and Kirkconnel is 
no matter of conjecture, but on the contrary is strikingly revealed 
in the history of the northern part of this country. The town of 
Sanquhar glories in an origin dating back, according to authentic 
history, to a thousand years ago, and the Camps of South Mains 
and Saen Caer near the town, the Lacustrine Dwelling on the 
Town’s Common, and the great Territorial Division Dyke which 
traverses the two parishes, tell of a more remote period still. 
Besides, the ancient Coal Workings in the parish of Kirkconnel, 
the Grave of St. Connal on Glenwharrie Farm, after whom the 
parish is named, the base of a large Runic Cross near the manse, 
now doing duty as the side of a sheep limbie, the Runic Stone in 
the Old Churchyard wall, and the Ornamental Stone in a wall on 
Kirkland Farm—each and all have their own tale of antiquity to 
tell. 
Dr Underwood, who was temporarily resident in Sanquhar, 
shewed me a small piece of gold and asked what it had formed. 
Having previously seen in the Liverpool Museum a large number 
of Gold Lunettes found in Ireland, I at once unearthed the 
mystery, and by procuring the other piece of the article, found that 
the whole formed a magnificent Gold Lunette. It is described in 
the Transactions of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by the 
