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‘Schleswigschen Nachrichten,’ in the ‘Bremer Nachrichten,’ 
No. 329, for 27th November, 1888). 
Livon1a.—I beg to inform you that a Sand Grouse was shot 
on the 30th October, 1888, in the district of Zarnau, in the 
province of Wolmar, in Livonia, and was brought tome. At 
the time the ground was covered with some inches of snow, and 
was already a little frozen; and the bird had probably been 
driven by hunger to a farm-yard where a farmer shot it, thinking 
because it flew very swiftly that it was a small Hawk, of which the 
people are very much afraid. The crop contained a large quantity 
of grains of barley and rye, and the bird was not particularly 
lean. No other Sand Grouse have been seen here this autumn 
so far as I know.—Harry von BLanKeNHAGEN (Oberforster, 
Zarnau, in Liyonia. (‘Beilage zur LIllustrirten Jagdzeitung,’ 
Leipzig, 21st December, 1888, p. 144). 
Sines1a.—Sand Grouse have again been seen in the neigh- 
bourhood of Leobschutz. While the workmen of Amtsvorsteher 
Heidrich-Zauchwitz were spreading [{manure, they found three 
dead birds behind a manure heap. At first they thought they 
were Partridges, but when they examined them more closely they 
perceived that the birds were quite unknown to them, and 
brought them to their master as something strange. They proved 
to be Sand Grouse. The cause of death could not be exactly 
ascertained. Anyhow, the birds were not starved, for they were 
in pretty good condition. No signs of external injuries were 
visible. (‘Beilage zur Illustrirten Jagdzeitung,’ Leipzig, 21st 
December, 1888, p. 144). 
Tuurine1a.—The Sand Grouse appear to have now (December 
21st) entirely disappeared from Thuringia, for all the local papers 
concur in saying that no more have been seen anywhere. (Loc. cit.) 
Breriin.—Two pairs of Sand Grouse in one of the aviaries 
at the Berlin Aquarium are well and lively, and very fat. They 
have been accustomed to captivity since July last, when Herr 
Schultze, architect, of Hanover, obtained them on his estate in 
the Island of Amrum, in the North Sea, feeding them on hemp 
seed and buck-wheat. They were sent to Berlin carefully packed, 
and have since lost much of their original shyness. Our Par- 
tridge is considerably handsomer both in form and colour. 
These are, perhaps, the only Sand Grousein Germany at present 
(December 28th). The others have already gone back to Tar- 
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