Ivi THE FAUNISTIC POSITION OF SPECIES. 



nine come from Southern Europe and North Africa, eleven from 

 Northern Europe and Asia, twelve from North America, and two 

 from the Atlantic. 



Introduced or Naturalized Species number six, marked with 

 an asterisk in the Catalogue : — 



Egyptian Goose. Summer Duck. Red-legged Partridge. 



Canada Goose. [Collared Turtle.] 



Mute Swan. Pheasant. 



Tlie Egyptian and Canada Geese and the Summer Duck, being 

 so frequently kept on ponds in a semi-domesticated state, breeding 

 freely and wandering at will over the country, are on the same 

 footing as the Mute Swan and Pheasant, which have also been 

 introduced and naturalized, but which would be exterminated if 

 not protected. The Collared Turtle has been killed in a wild 

 state near Plymouth, and is believed to breed in some of the woods 

 and plantations in that neighbourhood. The Red-legged Partridge 

 has been introduced in several parts of the county, but does not 

 appear to be established. 



The following twenty-nine species have been recorded as occur- 

 ring in the county either altogether erroneously, or upon insuf- 

 ficient evidence, or were introduced and escaped ; but at least six 

 of them are not unlikely to have occurred, and may have done so, 

 viz. : — the Ictcrine Warbler (or the allied species, Hypolais poly- 

 glotta), Short- toed Lark, Spotted Eagle, Balllou's Crake, Collared 

 Pratincole, and Roseate Tern. We have not reckoned these 

 doubtful species in the census, and they are included in square 

 brackets in our Catalogue : — 



Great Reed-Warbler. Iceland Falcon. Ptarmigan. 



Icterine Warbler. Goshawk. Baillou's Crake. 



Savi's Warbler. Great White Heron. Collared Pratincole. 



Pine-Grosbeak. Pink-footed Goose. Little Ringed Plover. 



Calandra Lark. Ruddy Sheldrake. Spotted Sandpiper. 



Short-toed Lark. Buffel-lieaded Duck. Yellowshank. 



Great Black Woodpecker. Harlequin Duck. Roseate Tern. 



Eagle Owl. King Eider. Sooty Tern. 



Golden Eagle. Hooded Merganser. Great Auk. 



Spotted Eagle. Red Grouse. 



