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Bank Hall estate, viz., in several parts of Bretherton, 

 and on Tarleton Moss ; and in the spring of 1886 it 

 was heard on the latter, where it was certainly resident. 

 It has been killed in each winter month, and during 

 the hard winter 1880-1 birds were found dead in the 

 moss-pits, to which places they had gone for food and 

 shelter."] 



[Mr. Frank Nicholson, writing in 1887, on the birds 

 of the vicinity of Manchester, says that a few broods of 

 Quail are reared annually on some of the fields between 

 Withington and Chorlton, but were generally over- 

 looked because people were unacquainted with the call- 

 note. — Ed.] 



FAMILY TETRAONID.E.— GENUS LAGOPUS. 



BED GBOUSE. 



Lagopus scoticus (Latham). 



Local Name — Moorganic. 



The Bed Grouse is a well-known resident on all the 

 fells and moorlands, becoming very numerous in Bow- 

 land, and the other more secluded districts. On the 

 ling-covered mosses, both inland and adjoining the 

 coast, it is also found the j^ear through, but in smaller 

 numbers than formerly, and some mosses have been 

 deserted altogether. Although a few pairs remain to 

 breed in these low lands, the birds are commonest in 

 November, when a partial migration from the hills 

 takes place ; and the late Bev. J. D. Banister, in his 

 journal, dated September 11th, 1838, remarks on their 

 propensity at this season for oats and clover seed. In 

 hard weather they are often met with low down in the 



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