The Zoologist — August, 1870. 2241 



Alpine swift in adult plumage was captured in the parish of Mylor, 

 in the summer of 1859. See ' Zoologist.' This specimen is in my 

 cabinet. 



Nightjar. — Locally distributed. Trengwainton ; Sancreed. 



Rasoees. 



Ring Dove. — Generally distributed where trees, shrubberies, and 

 plantations exist. 



Slock Dove. — Rare in the western counties : two specimens obtained 

 from Scilly a kw years since. Large flocks seen occasionally. 



[More precise information is desired respecting the enormous 

 flocks of this bird reported last year. — E. Newman.] 



Rock Dove. — Found occasionally in the cliffs on the south coast of 

 Cornwall, about Looe and Polperro : one killed at Carn Galva, 

 Madron. 



Turtle Dove. — Summer visitant : generally observed, in more or 

 less numbers, in the spring months, in sheltered vallej^s. Fleming; 

 Gulval; Madron; Scilly. 



Black Grouse. — Very rare in Cornwall : occasionally seen in the 

 eastern moors; one reported to have been shot at Castle-an-dinas, 

 Gulval, some years since. Hybrids between this species and the 

 common pheasant have been killed in the parish of North-hill. 



Pallas' Sand Grouse. — The general distribution of a flight of this 

 oriental species (which has hitherto only been noticed in the great 

 sand deserts in western Asia, and in the eastern portions of Europe) 

 over the whole of the British Isles, from John o'Groat's house to the 

 Land's End and the Scilly Isles, and from Norfolk to Ireland, during 

 the summer of 1863, entitles it to be ranked amongst the British wild 

 birds. Some specimens showed eggs in the ovarium more or less 

 developed, and one female in particular from the naked state of the 

 breast and belly gave strong evidence of incubation. (See ' Zoologist ' 

 for 1863.) 



Partridge. — Universally distributed. 



Common Quail. — Rare : occasionally seen singly in the neighbour- 

 hood of Penzance. 



Great Bustard. — One observed and afterwards captured on 

 Goonhilly, Lizard district : this proved to be a female, and is now 

 preserved in a private collection at Penzance. Another example of 

 the great bustard was obtained from the immediate neighbourhood of 

 St. Austell, near Polgooth mine, in the month of January. 1854, and 



