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of grass seeds, and the leaves of clover. Two others seen. — The 

 Field, June 6. 



May — . A male and female shot out of twelve or fourteen 

 observed feeding in a grass field within a mile of the Sheffield 

 Moors. (They were erroneously considered to be Pterocles 

 setarius, but the description given, " cream-colour and spotted, 

 with very remarkable feet, not unlike a rat's hind feet," proves 

 them to have been Syrrhaptes.) — C. Eawson, the Field, June 6. 



May — . A specimen shot at Royston, Herts, forwarded to 

 Mr. Gould, the eminent ornithologist. 



May — . ' ' A few days before Mr. SchollicJc's letter appeared 

 in the Times," three specimens were shot near Rothbury, in 

 Northumberland. — W. Wilkinson, in the Field, June 13. 



May 28. Seven made their appearance at Thorpe, Suffolk. 

 " They were observed to come from seaboard, and apparently 

 were compelled to alight on the first landing-place, the beach, 

 through fatigue.'" A female with immature eggs was shot, and 

 seeds, apparently of plantain or rumex, found in the crop. — N. 

 F. Hele, the Field, June 13. 



May — . A bird of this species broke his wing against a 

 telegraph wire near Lingen, Hanover, and was kept alive some 

 days. A covey of eight was also found not far from Hanover, 

 one of which was shot. — The Field, June 6. 



No date. A male and female winged by M. Giitke at Heligo- 

 land, where they are living and doing well. — The Field, June 13. 



No date. A brace killed from a flock of nearly a hundred (?) 

 near Oswestry. Buffon and Wilson, Strand, London. — The 

 Field, June 13. 



No date. A female (?) killed out of a flock of seven or 

 eight, at Eastbourne, Sussex. — C. S. Willes, the Field, June 13. 



No date. Some shot on this coast, a few miles north of this 

 place. — A. R. A., Boston, the Field, June 13. 



June 6. A male shot on the sand links of Dornoch, Suther- 

 landshire. It was a solitary specimen, and ' ' the person who 

 shot it was attracted to the spot by an unusual din created by a 

 number of terns breeding there. They swooped down upon 

 the grouse, and persecuted it in every possible way as an 

 intruder.-" — W. A. Macleay, in the Field,. June 13. 



June 1 0. A male and female shot on the beach ; only these 

 two birds found. — M. Dodman, Titchwell, near Lynn, Norfolk, 

 in the Field, Jane 13. 



June 11. Two brace more shot by the same. — The Field, 

 June 20. 



June 11. " Fifteen passed towards the south along shore; 

 and yesterday twenty were seen near Thorpe." — N. F. Hele, 

 Aldborough, the Field, June 20. 



June 4. Eight or nine observed in a grass field at Wrax- 



