bird. The usual number of eggs is from ten to twelve. 

 J. D. Salmon, Esq. (to whom I am again obliged for a fine 

 series of eggs, and information), tells me that " he has this 

 season seen a nest containing eighteen eggs — an unusual 

 number."" Temminck says, that they lay from fifteen to 

 eighteen. 



Mr. Salmon says, that from the wilder nature of this bird 

 it seems to prefer the heathy districts to those that are under 

 cultivation ; if this is the case, and it would thrive upon the 

 extensive moors of the North of England, it would there 

 form a beautiful additional tenant of the soil. It would, at 

 all events, be very well worth the trouble of trying to intro- 

 duce it. 



