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protected, and my neighbours were anxious not to disturb 
them either. One was shot, but the others, including those 
bred here, were never heard of. The fact proved was that 
black game will breed on a wild chalk ground, where there 
is no heather at all. My impression is that they strayed 
across to Harewood Forest and fell victims to vermin." 
A gray hen from Crawley, near Winchester, 1882, is in 
the Winchester College collection. 
l^Tetrao zirogallus, Capercaillie. 
The Hon. Gerald Lascelles, Deputy-Surveyor of the 
New Forest, tried to introduce this species into the New 
Forest ; and he informs us that the attempt was made 
about 1886 and 1887, but it failed, and they were never 
fairly turned out.] 
Order— FULICARI^. 
YKmiN—Rallidce. 
Genus — Rallus. 
201. Rallus aqiiaticus. Water-Rail. 
Brookrunner. 
Resident in suitable localities throughout the county, 
and in some places not uncommon. 
In the Isle of Wight it is naturally less common. 
Bury considered it a winter visitor only ; but More knew 
that a few pairs nested on the island ; and Mr. Poole, of 
