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near Easfbourne. (Recorded in the 'Field' by Mr. C. S. 

 Wliite, ])Tit without date.) On p. 8683 it is mentioned that 

 a specimen was killed by coming in contact with the telegraph- 

 wire on August 29th, and was purchased by Mr. Vidler, of 

 Pevensey. It was a female, and its crop contained a little of 

 a peculiar grass which grows by the salt water ''pells,'' i. e. 

 small pools, no doubt derived from the Latin palus. It 

 afterwards came into my possession. Mr. Vidler had seen a 

 party of eight, dusting in the road, a few days previously, but 

 they disappeared before he could get his gun. 



The eggs of this bird were brought to Professor Newton 

 by Mr. Bateson, who found them on the Kirgiz Steppes, where 

 he saw many nests, which were chiefly placed in hoof -prints. 



GALLING. 



TETRAONID-ffi. 



BLACK GKOUSE. 



Tetrao tetrix. 



The Black Cock and Grey Hen, which were formerly found 

 in scattered parties in the Forest Districts of Sussex, are, I 

 fear, now nearly extinct. 



In the Forest of St. Leonards none have been heard of for 

 the last forty years, though, from Mr. Padwick, of Horsham, 

 I learn that his father once shot five or six brace in a morn- 

 ing, in a part of the forest known as Coombe Bottom, between 

 1835 and 1840. I myself shot an old Black Cock in Lower 

 Beeding parish about 1849 ; it was alone, and had been 

 observed for some time. 



