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pheasant; the colour is generally, except the neck, that of 

 the pheasant ; but it has the white spot on the shoulders, as in 

 the grouse. This bird was sent to Mr. Drew for preparation, 

 where I saw it ; and is now, I believe, in the possession of 

 Captain Morshead. 



Gen. Pe'rdix. — Subgen. I. Perdix. 



1. Perdix cinerea, Common partridge. 

 Subgen. 2. Coturn'uc. 



1, Coturnix vulgaris, Common quail. Not very abundant : generally 

 obtained in October ; but I bought one in Plymouth market in 

 January, 1830 ; and two were obtained in Devonport market in 

 January, 1831, of which one, a male, 'has the black crescent on 

 the throat, and is now in Pincombe's collection. 

 Gen. Colu'mba. 



1. Columba Palumbus, Ring-dove. Common. 



2. Columba QB v nas, Stock-dove. Rare : appears sometimes in flocks 



in winter. 



3. Columba Livia, Rock-dove. Rare. Mr. T. E. Gosling, late of 



Leigham, informs me that it is found wild on the south coast of 

 Devon ; and Polwhele (History of Devonshire') states that they are 

 found on the north coast, near Combe Martin and Lundy Island. 



Subgen. 1. Turtur. 



1. Turtur vulgaris, Turtle-dove. Rather unfrequent here ; but more 

 numerous on the woody borders of the moors. Specimens are 

 in Mr. R. Julian's, Mr. Comyns's, and Mr. Drew's collections. 

 Mr. Julian's specimen was shot by himself, in the lawn of his 

 residence at Estover, near Plymouth. 



Plymouth, March, 1837. 



(To be continued.) 



Akt. III. Examples of Natural Phenomena observed in 1833, and 

 registered. By the Rev. W. B. Clarke, A.M. F.L.S., &c. 



The following observations are in part original, and in part 

 collected from various authentic documents to which I have 

 had access. They are not, however, presented to the public 

 as a perfect calendar of natural phenomena for the year 1833, 

 but as a contribution towards one; and, though imperfect as 

 to the whole of the physical occurrences of that year, they 

 may be received as useful memoranda of its character, as well 

 as illustrations of the opinions adverted to in my former papers 

 on " The Connexion between atmospheric and terrestrial 

 Phenomena," contained in Vols. VI., VII., and VIII. of the 

 1st series of this work, and which it is my intention to resume, 

 after I shall have published a similar calendarium for the years 

 1834, 1835, and 1836. The difficulty of presenting these phe- 

 nomena in a tabular form, in the small pages of a work like the 

 present, has compelled me to give the months and days consecu- 

 tively, with their separate occurrences, in the order of an 

 almanack. Could I have made a better arrangement, the con- 



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