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So far as I know, this is the first' instance of those species breeding together, 
and it would be interesting if we could state with certainty how the hybrid 
is bred. We have, however, no proof of this, and it is impossible to say if it is 
between a capercailzie cock and pheasant hen, or the reverse. When shooting 
the wood near vi'here it was shot we saw both cock and hen capercailzie and 
pheasants, but came upon no more hybrids.— James Lumsden, Arden, 
Alexandria, N.B. 
[I have examined this most singular and interesting specimen. In general 
appearance it resembles a cock capercailzie with the tail of a pheasant ; but 
a closer examination reveals modifications in both characters and plumage due 
to its mixed parentage. 
The head is that of a cock capercailzie, but the bill is rather weak, and the 
cheeks are naked below the eye, as in the cock pheasant ; the beard, however, 
is well developed. The tarsus is only feathered on its upper part, the lower 
three-fourths, or more, being scutellate and bearing a nodule in the place of the 
phasianine spur. The toes are also mainly those of the pheasant, for only the 
faintest trace is to be found of the lateral horny processes so characteristic of 
Tetrao. The tail is decidedly cuneate in form, but not so pronouncedly so as 
in the pheasant, and consists of eighteen feathers. 
In colour the feathers of the crown and hind-neck are green with yellowish- 
grey margins. The sides of the face green with dull yellow patches. Breast 
glossy green. Feathers of the abdomen and sides with two dull yellow bars 
and a broad terminal margin of green ; giving a blotched appearance, the 
green largely predominating. The back and scapulars resemble those of a 
cock capercailzie, but the vermiculations on the feathers are coarser and of a 
dull yellowish tint. The tail feathers are barred with pale brown on a black 
ground, and are broadly edged with black. The wings are a mixture of dull 
yellow and black, and the primaries, on their outer margins, are barred with 
pale brown, as in the pheasant ; the white shoulder mark of the male caper- 
cailzie is conspicuous. — Ed.] 
Curious Site for Ring Dove's Nest.— In April, 1888, 1 found the 
nest of a Wood Pigeon [Columba palumbus) in a hawthorn bush in a wood near 
Dumbarton. The height from ground to top of nest was only two feet eleven 
inches. — Robert H. Read, Cathcart, Glasgow. 
Early Nesting of the Teal. — On March 3rd, 1889, a shepherd on 
the inoors a few miles south of Glasgow saw a hole in the snow, and, thinking 
a rabbit might be sitting there, pushed in his arm. To his surprise, however, 
out fiew a Teal {QuerquediUa crecca), and in the hole under a tuft of heather 
he found its nest containing two fresh eggs. — Robert H. Read. 
Scaup inland near Grlasgow.— From the 2nd to the 8th of this 
month — November, 1890 — was a week of very rough weather, especially along 
the west coast. On the 6th a duck which had been shot on fresh water near 
-Glasgow was sent to me for identification, and turned out to be a young male 
