±n the hancock collection. 401 



2. Females. 



Presented by the Eight Honourable Lord Tweed- 

 mouth, 7th Jan., 1882. 



RemarJc. — These birds were bred at Gruisachan Strath- 

 giass, Inverness-shire, where this Pheasant is now 

 quite naturalized. J. Hancock, fecit. 



K'o. 14. Green Woodpeckers. Gecinus viridis, (L.). 



At their breeding place. 



1 (right). Male, mature. 



2 (left). Female, mature. 



I^ew Forest, Hampshire 

 Presented by S. Graham, Esq., 1889. 

 Remarh. — The part of the Birch Tree, in which 

 there had been several nests, was given to me by Capt. 

 Verner, Camberley, 1883. J. Hancock. 



,, 15. Greenland Falcon. 



Male, mature (once moulted). 



Red Grouse. 



Remarh.— This group illustrates the manner in which 

 the the Falcon kills its prey, after striking it down. 

 J. Hancock, fecit, 1850. 



,, 16. Raven. Corvus corax, Linn. 



1 (left). Male. Hesleyside, North Tyne, 



Northumberland, Feb., 1837. 



2 (right). Male. Stromness, Nov., 1877. 



3 (centre). Female, Moffat Water, April, 1875. 

 Nos. 2, 3 presented by Gr. E. Crawhall, Esq., 1884. 



„ 17. Dead Game. 



Black Grouse and Ptarmigan, 



Remarh. — This group was exhibited at the Great 

 Exhibition in the Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, London, 

 in 1851. J. H. 



