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Chetham Soc, 1848), the jovial squire relates how that, 

 on November 24, he " had some sport at Moorgame 

 with my piece, but killed not," and that on December 

 23, he went "to Rowe Moore, and killed ther three 

 heath cocks." 



The following list of papers, periodicals, and books, 

 which I have examined, will show the main sources 

 from which I have derived my published information : 

 Camden's "Britannia," translated from ed. of 1607, 

 and enlarged by Eichard Gough, 2nd edit., 1806 ; 

 " Antiquities of Furness," T. West, London, 1774 ; 

 "British Zoology," Thos. Pennant, Warrington, 

 1776-77 ; " Harmonia Ruralis," James Bolton, 1794 ; 

 " Nat. Hist, of British Birds," E. Donovan, London, 

 1794-1819 ; " A Tour from Downing to Alston Moor," 

 Thos. Pennant, 1801; "Pairal Sports," Rev. W. B. 

 Daniel, London, 1801-13 ; " Beauties of England and 

 Wales," James Britton, London, 1807 ; " A Companion 

 to the Liverpool Museum," Wm. Bullock, 6th ed., 

 1808, 7th ed., 1809; "British Ornithology," Geo. 

 Graves, London, 1821 ; " A General History of Birds," 

 John Latham, M.D., Winchester, 1821 ; " Proceedings 

 of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society," 

 1785, et seq. ; " Proceedings of the Liverpool Literary 

 and Philosophical Society, 1812, ct seq. ; Zooloc/ical 

 Journal, 1824-34 ; " History of Lancashire," John 

 Corry, 1825 ; " History of British Birds," Thos. 

 Bewick, 1832 ; Field Naturalist, ed. J. Rennie, 1833-34 ; 

 " Researches in Zoology," John Blackwall, 1834 ; 

 Magazine of Natural Historij, i(r., 1828-40; Annals of 

 Natural History, 1838-40; Annals and Magazine of 

 Natural History, 1840, ct seq.; The Naturalist, 1836-39, 

 1851-57, 1864-67, 1875, et seq. ; " History of British 

 Birds," W. Macgillivray, 1837; "History and Anti- 



