124 Records of Birds which have bred in Captivity. 
nest in the London Parks. The two later references however seem to 
mean success in actual confinement. — E.H.). 
PEREGRINE. 
A reference to a partial success on p. 64 of Vol. i. 
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EAGLE OWL. 
.... has bred in confinement it Arundel Castit, and 
elsewhere. Mr. Edward Fountaine .... has for som ■ years 
kept many Eagle Owls at Easton .... the majority hav'i g- been 
bred in his aviaries, and as some of them were hatched from ''i'gs laid 
by birds bred by him, he may be considered to have in some degree, 
domesticated the species." Y. i. 171. 
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LITTLE OWL. 
On p. 179 of Vol. i. an incomplete success is recorded. 
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SNOWY OV/L. 
ii. p. 192. Ditto. 
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RED GROUSE. 
Vol. iii. 78. 
" The Red Grouse will live and breed in confinement." E^everal 
instances are given, but in none is it definitely' stated that the young 
survived any length of time. 
1. " it has been known to breed in the menageries of the Dn^hess of 
Portland . . . . " 
2. " At Mr. Grierson's in 1802, a brace of Grous.', which. 
had been kept for three years. HATCHED a brood of young ones." 
3. 1809. Routledge : eggs which were not hatched. 
4. " In 1811. a pair .... bred in the aviary at Knowslev ; . 
eight young; but these did not live many days." 
5. " In 1866 a brood was hatched in the jail at Omagh, an.! other 
instances are on record." 
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BLACK GROUSE, CAPERCAILLIE and other Grouse hybrids. 
Many records under their respective heads, but all presumably icfer to 
wild-bred hybrids. 
On page 56 of Vol. i. we read, however, tiiat " the Capercaillie ir 
confinement will breed with other species." A hybrid between a male 
Capercaillie and a barn-door hen bred at Braema- is mentioned. 
