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British Birds, with their Nests and Eggs 



and tlieir flight is so rapid, that they are not subject to destruction even by the 

 fast flying hawks and falcons of the district. 



It is to be regretted that these birds visiting Great Britain were all ruthlessly 

 destroyed * ; they appeared to manifest no desire to return to their original habitat. 

 Being capable of withstanding the winters of North China, they would not have 

 suffered from the cold of our winters, and they would have proved a most 

 interesting addition to our British Fauna. Their flesh, when cooked, proved to 

 be good, though not of remarkable excellence. 



NEWLY-HATCHED CHICK OF PALLAS' SAND-GROUSE. 



* Tlie clestraction of Sand Grouse in i88S mainly took place in the suniujer months. The Rev. H. .A. 

 Macpherson lias adduced evidence to show that many of these birds lingered, in favourable situations, until the 

 approach of winter, when they were observed to migrate away ("The Visitation of Pallas' Sand Grouse to 

 Scotland, in 1888," p. 37). A few birds remained in Scotland until the autumn of 18S9. 



