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TURTUR AURITUS (G. R. Gray}. Turtle-Dove. 



Provinces I.-V. VI. ? VIII. X. 



Subprovinces 2, 3, 4-15, 17 ?, 19, 23, 24. 



Lat. 50-54 or 55. " English " (or " Germanic ") type. 



Breeds in South Devon occasionally, and Somerset; regularly in 

 Gloucester, and perhaps also in Pembroke ; regularly in Herefordshire, 

 Shropshire, and Stafford ; in the last two counties it is rare ; in Derby- 

 shire occasionally (Mr. J. J. Briggs} ; in Cheshire very rarely (Mr. J. 

 F. Brockholes], and in the south of Yorkshire (Mr. Reid}. To the east 

 and south of this line, the Turtle -Dove nests in all the midland and 

 southern counties, but is described as scarce in Lincolnshire. 



Dr. Heysham records that a young bird was once taken in Cumber- 

 land, where the species is very rarely seen ; and the Rev. H. B. Tristram 

 tells me that the nest has once been found as far north as Durham. 

 Yarrell says that the Turtle -Dove is found in Lancashire, and is not 

 uncommon in Cornwall ; but I have not been able to obtain any 

 evidence of its breeding in either of these counties. It seems also safer 

 to consider the locality of South Wales uncertain for the present. 



PHASIANUS COLCHICUS (Linn.}. Pheasant, 



Provinces I. -XVII. 

 Subprovinces 1-37. 

 Lat. 50-59. Not native, but generally established. 



Though not an indigenous bird, the Pheasant is so thoroughly 

 established throughout Great Britain that it is included in every county 

 list, and breeds regularly even as far north as Caithness. Still there is 

 no doubt that if the protection bestowed on this favourite game-bird were 

 withdrawn, its range would be considerably narrowed, though it is 

 probable that the species would not become extinct in this country. 



TETRAD UROGALLUS (Linn.}. Capercally. 



Provinces [XV.] [XVII.] 



Subprovinces (29), (30 ?), (31), (34 ?), (35). 



Lat. 56-59. " Scottish " type. Formerly also in Ireland. 



Pennant, in his 'Tour in Scotland' (1769), tells us that the I. 

 urogallus was formerly common throughout the Highlands of Scotland 

 north of Inverness. Even at that date the bird had become very rare ; 

 and Pennant himself had seen only a single bird, which was " killed in 

 the woods of Mr. Chisolme, to the north [? west] of Inverness." 



The Rev. George Gordon informs me that the Capercally formerly 

 inhabited the county of Elgin ; and Mr. R. J. Shearer marks it as 

 extinct in Caithness. This is the only independent testimony which I 

 have obtained respecting the former distribution of this fine bird. A 

 search in some of the old Scottish county -histories may bring to light 



