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about 10£ oz. ; eggs very little developed." — [Communicated by Lieut.-Col. 

 E. A. Butler.] 



Pallas's Sand Grouse in the Isle of Man.— A correspondent residing 

 in the Isle of Man informs me that a large flock of about fifty visited the 

 island early in June. — T. H. Nelson (Redcar). 



Pallas's Sand Grouse in Norfolk and Suffolk.— Ou May 27th I saw a 

 flock of eleven Sand Grouse ou my ground, flying east towards Yarmouth. 

 They were only about twenty yards from the ground, and passed within 

 fifty yards of me, with the sun shining full ou them, so I had an excellent 

 view of them. Mr. Lawrence Peto told me he saw a flock of eleven on 

 Sir Savile Crossley's ground, which adjoius mine, on the following day, — 

 about a mile from where I had seen them the day previous, — which were 

 probably the same birds. Several others have been seen, and some shot 

 and picked up dead, about Lowestoft and Yarmouth, and there is a rumour 

 that the eggs have been taken already in Norfolk. I have numerous other 

 notes of their occurrence, some from Ireland ; so that they seem to be more 

 or less abundant throughout the United Kingdom. My son, writing from 

 Beccles, says Sand Grouse have been shot everywhere containing eggs, and 

 many which had evidently been sitting, and a few nests have been found, but 

 the locality has been kept secret (June 27th). G.W.Smith, Great Yarmouth, 

 in a letter dated June 12th, says he saw twenty-two one day ou the sand- 

 hills, and approached within a few yards of them ; also that eggs had been 

 procured in Norfolk. Again, writing on the 15th June, he says: — "In a 

 letter received yesterday from Mr. John Eggleston, the dealer at Sunder- 

 laud, he told me he had just bought a clutch of eggs from Norfolk, giving 

 20s. a-piece for them." Mr. W. E. Baker, writing to me, on June 9th, 

 from Lynn, Norfolk, says: — "lam sorry to mention that a good many 

 Sand Grouse have been shot near Lynn ; a friend of mine caught one 

 alive, and it is doing well in his aviary." Col. Shuttleworth told me that 

 Mr. Smith, naturalist, Yarmouth, showed him two Sand Grouse, male and 

 female, which were shot close to the Golf Links, on June 11th, and that 

 he had seen a flock of about twenty on the wing there himself. I also saw 

 a pair in the shop of Mr. Bunn, naturalist, Lowestoft, which were killed 

 near that town in the middle of June.— E. A. Butler (Herringfleet Hall, 

 near Lowestoft). 



Pallas's Sand Grouse in Hampshire. — Mr. James Sutton, writing 

 from Durham on May 31st, says: — "I have just examined two hen Sand 

 Grouse in the hauds of the Subcurator here, both killed by telegraph-wires, 

 one near here, the other near Winchester." — [Communicated by Lieut.-Col. 

 E. A. Butler.] 



Pallas's Sand Grouse in Co. Down. — Mr. Sheals, Birdstuffer, Belfast, 

 writing on May 30th, stated that he had just received a Sand Grouse, 

 which had been shot at Killough, Co. Down. 



