330 BIRDS OF THE DISTRICT. 
A Grey-hen was shot by Mr. L. Lepsuam, Junr., in his garden 
at Green Lane, Boughton, Chester, on November 21, 1892, and 
presented to the Grosvenor Museum. 
* Lagopus scoticus. Rep Grouse. 
Mr. Byertry mentions: ‘‘ One shot at West Kirby a year ago 
by Mr. Rostys.” ‘A pair once in Claughton Fir-wood” (Fauna 
of Liverpool.) 
Mk. Srivens thinks there may be a few on the Bickerton Hills. 
On the Flintshire and Denbighshire moors they are abundant. 
A very dark specimen from Moel Fammau was presented to the 
Grosvenor Museum by Cotonet B. G. Davirs Cooxe. 
Phasianus colchicus. PuHEasant. 
Preserved in all suitable localities. 
Sir Pyers Mostyn, in the Talacre Collection, has a hybrid 
between a cock Pheasant and a domestic Fowl. 
Perdix cinerea. Common PartRIDGE. 
Generally distributed. 
After the land in Delamere Forest was reclaimed, and the 
Black Grouse were driven away, Partridges became very abundant 
[J.C.8.] 
One or two specimens have recently occurred with the white 
“horse shoe.” [R.N. ] 
Caccabis rufa: Rep-LeccED ParrrinGeE. 
One was shot at Bagillt by Mr. Pirrce, October 1, 1892 ( Field.) 
One was shot at Frodsham [G.W.H.] One on Sealand [ W.T. ] 
* Coturnix communis. Quart. 
BrockHours notes it as ‘‘a scarce summer visitor to Leasowe, 
Bidston, Rock Ferry, Bebington, Ness, and Burton ” (Br. p. 10.) 
The same may be said with regaid to the district generally, in 
many parts of which it seems to be unknown. 
Mr. T. H. Hianerr says that some years ago Quail were 
frequently killed on Sealand. 
A nest taken on Mr. LeatHer’s farm, Delamere, in 1870, was 
reported in the Feld (vol. 37, Jan. 14, 1871, p. 20) by Mr. 
W. D. Fox. 
Mr. Woutey Don, Edge Hall, writes: “I heard it close to my 
house in 1868, when they were abundant all over the country.” 
It occasionally occurs in Denbighshire, where it was noted in 
1866 (W.H.H.], and where several pairs nested in 1871 [T.R.] 
