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79 Ptarmigan 



Bt. 7,ooJ. I. 206. iv. tab. 13. 

 Er. Tarmachan^ Tarmonach. 



80 Partridge. 



Br. Zool. I. 208. 



Er. coleach-iomciin, fern. Cfare-ihomain, 



Si Q.uy. 



£r. ZocA J. 



209. 



' I ""HE buftard, according to Boethius, was 

 fometimes, but rarely, found in the 

 Merch -, and at that time called Gujiarde : it 

 feems at prefent unknown in N. Britain 



Poultry are found plentifully in mofl of 

 the iflands : peacocks fucceed very well, as 

 I obferved in CoUonfa. 



IV. COLUMBINE. 



§2 Common. 



PIGEON. 



Br. Zool. I. 216. iv. lab. 8. 

 Er. Caluman. 



"IT'ERY numerous in a wild ftate in the 

 cliffs, impending over the fea, in many 

 of the ifles. In Hay I have feen their dung 

 got with vaft hazard out of the deep chafms 

 on the Weft fide of the illand, by means of 

 a perlbn who is lowered down to the bottom 



by 



