128 BRITISH BIRDS. 



" a certain wild tract of country," and a single Greyhen was 

 seen in the spring of 1906 (L. B. Mouritz, t.c, 1907, p. 93). 

 Norfolk. — The experiment of turning out Black Game at 

 Thetford by Mr. W. Dalziel Mackenzie has been continued, 

 and thirty were turned out in 1900-1901. Broods hatch off 

 regularly, but seem to disappear in some unaccountable 

 manner, and the numbers, in spite of fresh introductions, 

 steadily decrease (Heatley Noble, t.c, 1903, p. 155). Herts. — 

 A Greyhen was shot on December 1st, 1906, near Watford — 

 the only record for the county (W. Bickerton, in litt.). Hants. 

 — In the New Forest district they are almost extinct (H. F. W.) 

 (A useful article on the distribution of this bird in English 

 counties, by Mr. J. E. Harting, appeared in the Field for 

 September 8th, 1900, p. 387.) 



RED GROUSE Lagopus scoticus (Lath.). S. page 495. 



[Cornwall. — One reported to have been shot near Tintagel 

 on December 1st, 1906 (J. Clark, ZooL, 1907, p. 286).] 



Hybrid. — Red Grouse (^ x Bantam Fowl ? , exhibited 

 by J. G. Millais {Bull. B.O.C., VIII., p. 36). 



Introduction. — Shetland. — Some six hundred birds were 

 liberated on the mainland in September, 1901 (T. E. Saxby, 

 Zool., 1902, p. 113). Two were seen at Balta Sound, 

 November 16th, 1902 [id., t.c, 1903, p. 157). Suffolk.— A 

 few brace were turned out about 1903 at Elveden, and they 

 have increased to about 150 birds (" Head Keeper " w litt. 

 to J. Green, February 2nd, 1908). Surrey. — Details regarding 

 early introductions (J. A. Bucknill, Zool., 1902, p. 68). 



PTARMIGAN Lagopus mutus (Montin). 



Bones of this species were found amongst others in the 

 Shandon and Ball3niamintra Caves, co. Waterford (G. E. H. 

 Barrett-Hamilton, Irish Nat., 1899, p. 17). 



COMMON PARTRIDGE Perdix cinerea Lath. S. page 501. 



A brood of twelve a few days old was discovered at 

 Stratton Strawless, Norfolk, on January 31st, 1906. They 

 were reduced to two by February 22nd, and these apparently 

 did not long survive (J. H. Gurney, Zool., 1907, p. 123). 



RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE Caccabis rufa (L.). S. page 



503. 



For some evidence of its migrating to the coast of Norfolk 

 and Yorkshire (c/. A. Patterson, Zool., 1905, p. 186, and W. 

 J. Clarke, t.c, p. 314). 



