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and were evidently treated as strangers by tliem. No 

 doubt, in course of time they will become assimilated, 

 and the black and white feathers will disappear in favour 

 of the red. 



Apparently this Ked form is but slightly affected by 

 any geological difference of soil where it only occurs at 



AX OLD HIGHLAXDER FROM SUTHERLAXD. 



intervals in the bog-lands. Out of a large series of Irish 

 S2:)ecimens that I have examined I find but little difference 

 in l)irds from the swampy grctund of the north and south 

 and those killed on the high mountains of Mayo, Conne- 

 mara, and Donegal, though winter specimens from the 

 latter counties certainly do show a greater inclination to 

 display white feathers on the breast and cheeks. An 



