PALLAS’S SAND GROUSE 183 
TURTUR COMMUNIS, Selby. TURTLE DOVE. 
This bird is a rare straggler to Man, Dr. Crellin, accord- 
ing to Mr. Kermode, had a note of one shot at Ballaugh by 
Mr. W. Powys. Another was shot, according to the same 
authority, at the Dhoon, Maughold, on 27th June 1895, and 
in the same summer or autumn Mr. Adams received one 
from Santon, ‘A few years ago’ General Brereton is said to 
have seen one near Ramsey. 
A scarce visitor to Ireland (and chiefly to its southern 
districts), the Turtle has nevertheless occurred in Down, 
Antrim, and Donegal; also, a few times, in Galloway. In 
Cumberland and Lancashire it is also a rare and occasional 
visitant, but has likely nested in the former at least. It 
now nests in a number of places in Cheshire, and is quickly 
extending its range. There are a number of records for 
Orkney and Shetland, and a few recent ones from the Outer 
Hebrides, It is in Great Britain a somewhat southern 
species, little known in northern England or Scotland. 
SYRRHAPTES PARADOXUS (Pallas). 
PALLAS’'S SAND GROUSE. 
During the immigration of 1863 four specimens were 
killed at one shot on 21st September by Mr. Thellusson at 
the Point of Ayre, probably the locality in the island most 
suitable to the habits of the bird. The flock from which 
these were obtained consisted of sixteen birds. Other Sand 
Grouse were, during the same immigration, sold by Wade, a 
