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which escaped. In 1863 an extraordinary flight of 

 these birds visited Great Britain, and numerous ex- 

 amples were shot and duly chronicled. A very com- 

 plete summary of these will be found in an article by 

 Professor Newton in 'The Ibis,' 1864, p. 185 ; and as 

 regards the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, wh-ere as 

 many as seventy-five were killed, the reader may be 

 referred to an excellent chapter on the subject in 

 Stevenson's ' Birds of Norfolk,' vol. i. pp. 376-404. 



Fam. TETRAONID^. 



BAHBAEY PAETEID&E. Perdix petrosa (Gmelin). 

 Hab. North Africa. 



One, Edmondthorpe, near Melton Mowbray, April 1842 : 



Yarrell, Hist. Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 400. 

 One, Sudbourn, Suflfolk : Yarrell, op. cit. 

 One, Freston, Suffolk : J. H. Gurney, jun., MS. 

 One near Ipswich : id. * 

 One, KiUiganoon, Cornwall, 1865 : Bullmore, Cornish Fauna, 



p. 25. 



VIEGINIAN COLIN. Ortyx virginianus (Linnaeus). 

 Hab. Eastern United States to the High Central Plains. 



This can only be regarded as an introduced species, 

 and has therefore no claim to be considered a British 

 bird. Early in the present century several pairs were 



* Mr. Gurney considers that these specimens must have been 

 turned down or their eggs introduced by game-preservers. 



