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secured two ; there were four females and one male ; all the females had 

 eggs in the ovaries, and one had evidently nested, as the ovary contained 

 only two eggs, one of them the size of a hazel-nut. Ou June 10th a flock 

 of twelve was seen ou Redcar sand-hills. On the 12th a flock passed one 

 of the fishing-boats at sea, heading towards land. Other flocks were reported 

 from time to time, but probably they formed part of those already mentioned, 

 although, on the other hand, it is not improbable that fresh arrivals may 

 have come over. On June 25th a pair were seen near the Tees-mouth. 

 On the 30th, wind N., strong, I found one on the Redcar sands ; it had 

 been in the water a considerable time, for the head was gone and the body 

 sodden with water. On the same date a flock of thirteen was flushed at 

 the Tees-mouth. On July 1st a flock of about a dozen and an odd bird 

 were on Coatham sands. On the 3rd one ou Redcar sands ; it remained 

 within a hundred yards of the town, picking amongst the gravel at high- 

 water mark until disturbed by a passing dog. On the 1th, eight at the 

 Tees mouth, flying W. On the 9th two flew past Redcar at 6.30 a.m., 

 going N.W., and calling loudly. Other instances in Cleveland : — May 23rd, 

 twelve near Whitby, and a male and female shot. About the end of May 

 one was picked up at Battersby on the railway, killed by coming in contact 

 with the telegraph-wires. On June 1st a female bird was found below the 

 telegraph-wires between Hinderwell and Kettleness. On June 10th a flock 

 of twenty appeared near Orraesby. — T. H. Nelson (Redcar). 



Pallas's Sand Grouse in Yorkshire.— A small flock of these birds 

 was seen in the neighbourhood of Withernsea, and one, a female, was shot 

 by Mr. Simpson, of that place, and has since been sent to me. — F. R. 

 Fitzgerald (Harrogate). 



Pallas's Sand Grouse in Yorkshire. — On May 26th I observed four 

 of these birds near Beaver Dyke. A party of six strange birds were seen 

 in Nidderdale on May 22nd, and from the description given to me I have 

 no doubt they were of this species. Mr. T. Smorfit, of Darley, in Upper 

 Nidderdale, shot two others out of a party of five near Darley, on June 4th ; 

 they were feeding, when, seen in a field of tares. A flock of fifteen are 

 reported to have been seen at Goldboro' on May 30th by a farmer resident 

 there. — Riley Fortune (Harrogate). 



Pallas's Sand Grouse in Durham.— Six were noticed in a field 

 between Bishop's Aucklaud and Byers Green on June 3rd. — T. H. 

 Nelson (Redcar). 



Pallas's Sand Grouse in Northumberland.— Writing from Durham 

 on June 6th, Mr. James Sutton says : — " Several Sand Grouse have been 

 sent to this city. Last week 1 examined four brace, viz., two males and 

 six females, mostly shot in Northumberland the last week in May. I also 

 had a present of a brace shot on the 30th or 31st of May ; average weight 



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