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same lot) were seen a few days later between Cirencester and Northleach, 

 and from eight to ten miles from Birdlip.— F. Day (Cheltenham). 



Somersetshire. — On May 25th one was shot out of a flock of eleven on 

 Steart Island, on the north coast of Somerset, near Bridgwater. — Murray 

 A. Mathew (Buckland Dinham, Frome, Somerset). 



In a letter which I received from the Rev. C. G. Anderson, dated 26th 

 May last, he says: — "I had a specimen of (I think) the Sand Grouse 

 brought to me this morning. It was shot last night on the shore at Steart. 

 There were eleven in the flock. I sent it this morning to Petherick to be 

 stuffed." I saw this bird at Petherick's on May 30th. It was then very 

 nicely set up, and was an undoubted specimen of Pallas's Sand Grouse, 

 and I should say a male, although Petherick declared that it was a female 

 by dissection ; but I think he must have been mistaken. It is an addition 

 to the list of Somerset birds. — Cecil Smith (Lydeard House, Bishop's 

 Lydeard, Taunton). 



Two Sand Grouse were seen at Charlynch, a village about three miles 

 from Bridgwater, on the afternoon of May 25th, by the rector of that place, 

 Rev. W. A. Bell, who is well acquainted with the birds, having shot 

 numbers of them in India. One was believed to have been seen at 

 Burnham, but I have not heard the date, and am sending to Mr. W. Stoate 

 these particulars, as they may probably have gone in that direction. — 

 H. St. B. Goldsmith (King Square, Bridgwater). 



Devonshire. — A good specimen of Pallas's Sand Grouse is now being 

 preserved at Mr. Rovve's, the birdstuffer of this town. It was shot at 

 Hartland about the 3rd or 4th of June. Three or four others were killed 

 at the same time, I believe, and are being set up by a birdstuffer near 

 tl :ere . — J. G. Hamling (The Chase, Barnstaple). 



Guernsey. — The first I heard of the arrival of Sand Grouse was from 

 Guernsey. In a letter from Sir Edgar MacCulloch, the bailiff, dated May 

 24th, he says : — "Whilst I was at dinner, Couch, the birdstuffer, called to 

 show me a specimen of Pallas's Sand Grouse, which was shot on the 21st of 

 this month somewhere in the Vale Parish. It was brought to him by the 

 wife of the man who shot it, and it appears that there was another in its 

 company ; but the man who shot it could not look after its companion, as 

 it was time for him to get ready to attend an inspection of the militia 

 regiment he belongs to. The bird is in excellent condition, but a little 

 disfigured about the head with shot. I cannot say whether it was a male 

 or female, but I daresay Couch will discover the sex when he comes to skin 

 it, which he was intending to do at once." I have not seen this bird 

 myself, but I have no doubt the identification is correct. This, so far as I 

 know, is the first occurrence of the Sand Grouse in Guernsey. — Cecil 

 Smith (Lydeard House, Bishop's Lydeard, Taunton). [A small flock 

 appeared in Jersey during the last week in May.— Ed.] 



