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to time. There can be no doubt that the Wigeon, Teal, Goldeneye, 

 and probably the Greylag Goose, Glaucous Gull, and other species 

 occasionally visit Eigg in winter, but it is to be regretted that no 

 professed ornithologist has hitherto spent a winter in this island. 



It only remains to explain, that while we have avoided pre- 

 senting these notes in the form of a catalogue, the arrangement 

 of 'The Ibis' list has been followed. All the species here 

 recorded from Eigg have occurred in the adjoining island of 

 Skye. 



NOTES ON THE OCCURRENCE OF PALLAS'S 



SAND GROUSE IN LINCOLNSHIRE. 



By John Cokdeaux. 



The first part of these notes has reference to the occurrence 

 of the Sand Grouse in Lincolnshire in 1863, and is corrected 

 and enlarged from the notice of this species published in the 

 'Birds of the Humber District' in 1872. The second portion 

 (1888) is taken from my note-book for the current year. 



1863. 



A flock numbering from forty to fifty was seen in the parish 

 of Saltfieet-by-all-Saints about the latter part of April or early in 

 May, 1863, and they remained about the sand-dunes on the coast 

 till July, after which date they disappeared. Of these, twenty-two 

 were shot by Mr. William Larder, of that place, and a pair by 

 Mr. Stubbs, since dead. Some of Larder's birds were sent for 

 preservation to Mr. Kew, of Louth, by the Eev. E. Freshney, then 

 residing at Skidbrooke. Mr. Clayton, also a birdstuffer of Louth 

 at that time, personally informed me that in that year seven or 

 eight pairs passed through his hands ; some others of these birds, 

 their rarity and value not having been recognised, appear to have 

 been sold for food. About the same time, also, several Sand 

 Grouse, whose history cannot now be traced, were brought to 

 Louth by the marsh carriers, and sold to the game-shops, or 

 otherwise privately disposed of. 



In a letter which appeared in ' The Field ' of July 9th, 1888, 

 the Eev. J. E. Wallis Loft states, on the authority of Mr. Kew, 

 taxidermist, of Louth, that the Sand Grouse were sent to him by 



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