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79 Ptarmigan Br. Tool. I. 206. iv. tah. 13, 



Er. Tarmachant Tarmonach. 



So Partridge. 



Br. Zool. I. 208. 



Er. coleach-totnairiy fem. Ceare-ihomain» 



81 Quail. Br. ZooL I. 209. 



' I ''HE buftard, according to Boethius^ was 

 ^ fometimes, but rarely, found in the 

 Merch ; and at that time called Guftarde : it 

 feems at prefent unknown in N. Britain. 



Poultry are found plentifully in mod of 

 the iflands : peacocks fucceed very well, as 

 I obferved in Collonfa, 



IV. COLUMBINE. 



^2 Common. 



PIGEON. 



Br. Zcol I. 21 6. iv. tab. 8. 

 Er. Caluman. 



T 7'ERY numerous in a wild ft ate in the 

 cliffs, impending over the fea, in many 

 of the ifles. In Hay I have leen rheir dung 

 got with vaft hazard out of the deep chaliiis 

 on the Wcfc fide of the ifland, by means of 

 a perfon who is lowered down to the bottom 



by 



