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at the meeting of the Brit. Ornith. Club on Feb. 21st, 1906, 

 although described in the ' Bulletin ' as having been shot in 

 November, 1895. It is now the property of Miss Lees, and Mr. 

 Millais believes it to be the produce of a Blackcock and hen 

 Pheasant. 



44. — One (a cock) shot on the moors about six miles from 

 Whitby, Yorkshire, in January, 1897. It was sent by Mr. W. 

 H. Pyman, of Whitby, to Mr. W. B. Tegetmeier for exhibition 

 at a meeting of the Brit. Ornith. Club on Jan. 20th, 1897 (Bull. 

 B. 0. C. xli. p. xxviii). A description of this bird will be found in an 

 article by Mr. Tegetmeier in the 'Field ' of Jan. 26th, 1897, p. 101. 

 *45. — Mr. T. H. Nelson, of Bedcar, also possesses another 

 specimen, which was shot in Cleveland. Full particulars of this 

 occurrence will be found in Mr. Nelson's work on the ' Birds of 

 Yorkshire,' now in course of publication. 



[One, shot on the island of Bute in 1900, was forwarded to 

 Mr. Cooke, taxidermist, of Shrewsbury, for preservation, but 

 hitherto no further particulars have been ascertained (Mr. H. E. 

 Forrest, in litt.).] 



46. — One, shot near Woodbridge, Suffolk, in the autumn of 

 1901, and recorded by Lt.-Col. E. A. Butler in ' The Zoologist ' 

 for 1901 (p. 477). This bird appears to have had more of the 

 character of the Blackcock than is usually the case. 



47-49. — Three, recorded by Mr. G. Cooke in the ' Kecord of 

 Bare Facts for 1902,' issued by the Caradoc and Severn Valley 

 Field Club (pp. 33 and 40). One of these was killed at Berwick, 

 Salop, on Dec. 24th, 1902, and two others were obtained subse- 

 quently from different localities in the same district. Mr. H. E. 

 Forrest (in litt.) describes one of these birds, apparently a male, 

 as approaching more closely than usual to the Blackcock in type, 

 with semi-lyrate instead of the usual fan-shaped tail. These 

 three birds are now in the possession of Mr. A. E. Perkins, of 

 Sundorne Castle ; Mr. W. A. Sparrow, of Albrighton Hall ; and 

 Mr. W. G. Phillips, of Berwick Hall, Shropshire. 



50. — One, shot by Mr. W. M. Neilson at Barcaple, Bingford, 

 Kirkcudbright, and exhibited by Mr. W. P. Pycraft at a meeting 

 of the Brit. Ornith. Club on Feb. 21st, 1906 (Bull. B.O.C. 1906, 

 p. 54). It was received for preservation by Mr. Kowland Ward 

 on Jan. 22nd, 1906, and had been shot a day or two previously. 



