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scribed by Dr. Edward Moore in the 'Mag. of Nat. Hist.' for 

 1837. It was the produce of a cock Pheasant and Greyhen, and 

 passed into the possession of Capt. Morshead. [J. C. Bellamy, 

 in his work on the ' Natural History of South Devon' (1839), 

 says that two other instances of this hybrid have also occurred 

 in the same neighbourhood, one at Haldon, and the other on 

 Shaugh Moor.] 



3. — One was exhibited by Mr. J. Sabine at a meeting of the 

 Zoological Society (P. Z. S. 1834, p. 52). It was killed in Corn- 

 wall in June, 1834, and passed into Sir William Call's collection. 



4. — One (probably from the same brood) is mentioned by 

 Mr. E. H. Rodd ('Birds of Cornwall,' p. 77) as having been 

 killed at the same time as the preceding one. It was in Dr. 

 Eodd's collection, and is now the property of Mr. F. E. Bodd, of 

 Trebartha Hall. 



5, 6. — Two (out of a brood of five), which were reared near 

 Merrington, Shropshire, in 1834. Of these, Mr. T. C. Eyton 

 mentions one in the collection of Mr. J. A. Lloyd, of Leaton 

 Knolls, Salop (' Barer British Birds,' p. iv), which was killed in 

 November, 1834. Another (a hen), somewhat smaller than the 

 first, which was shot in the following December, passed into Mr. 

 Eyton's possession, and is figured on the title-page of the 'Rarer 

 British Birds,' and also in the first edition of ' Yarrell,' ii. p. 309 

 (cf. P.Z. S. 1835, p. 62). The three remaining birds of this brood 

 were killed by a farmer and eaten. These birds are believed to 

 have been the produce of a cock Pheasant and Greyhen. 



7. — One, also recorded by Mr. T. C. Eyton, was seen by him 

 in the collection of Sir Rowland Hill. It was killed near Corwen, 

 Merioneth, some time previously to 1836 ('Rarer British Birds,' 

 p. 101). This bird is still in the Hawkestone collection near 

 Shrewsbury. 



8. — One (a cock) was shot in the autumn of 1835 near Loch- 

 naw, Wigtonshire, and passed into the possession of Sir A. 

 Agnew. It was recorded and fully described by Mr. W. Thomp- 

 son in the 'Mag. of Zool. and Bot.' vol. i. (1837), afterwards 

 reprinted in the same writer's ' Natural History of Ireland, 

 Birds,' vol. ii. pp. 41-44. This bird was supposed by Thompson 

 to be the produce of a Blackcock and hen Pheasant. 



9. — One, shot near Alnwick Castle, November, 1837, and now 



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