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the banks of the Tenie near Eastham. A singular 
hybrid^ shot by our worthy president Sir C. S. Smith, 
Bart, near Eardiston, and thought to be a hybrid 
between the black cock and pheasant, is now in our 
museum. Perhaps, however, it is to be referred to 
the Tetrao hi/bridiis, of Sparman, the Tetras rahkel- 
lan of Temminck, mentioned by Dr. Fleming in his 
British Zoology as existing in the Scottish woods. 
The hybrid mentioned by White in his Natural 
History of Selborne, is said by Mr. Herbert to be 
undoubtedly the offspring of the black cock and 
pheasant.^ As it is not my object to give a complete 
catalogue of our Worcestershire birds, such a minute 
detail being more proper for a distinct paper, in our 
Transactions, I shall here only select those that seem 
most remarkable and interesting to the ornithologist. 
The partridge, Perdix c'merea, occurs generally, and 
a few of the quail, Coturnix vulgaris, are met with at 
Spring Hill. The pheasant, Phasianus colchicus, 
though of Asiatic origin, now abounds in our county, 
and many beautiful varieties are met with. The 
Columha palumhus in abundance, and the C. cenas, 
sparingly, are denizens of our woods and fields : the 
latter build in the trees near Cotheridge.^ 
Among the rapacious birds, Falco suhhuteo, F. 
tinnunculus, so often seen hanging motionless in the 
air, merlin, F. wsalon, honey buzzard, Pernis apivo- 
rus, hen-harrier, Cb'cus cyaneus, common buzzard, 
1 White's Selborne, 8vo. Edit. p. 344. 
2 From the information of John Walcotj Esq, 
