PHEASANT 185 
According to Birds of Ireland, Sand Grouse had all dis- 
appeared from that country by the end of 1888, and this 
seems also to have been the case in Lancashire, while the 
last record for Cumberland was in September 1889. 
It is noticeable that all the Manx specimens were obtained 
and observed in the north of the island, and that the sand- 
dunes of the Lhen seem to have been the headquarters 
of the species. ‘The birds taken,’ Mr. Kermode says, 
‘were in good condition, their crops filled with the seeds 
of grass and weeds. Evidently they found plenty of food.’ 
In 1863 Cumberland, Lancashire, Kirkcudbrightshire, and 
northern Ireland were all visited. 
In 1888, as above noted, the tide of immigration flowed 
over all the coasts of the Irish Sea, including Galloway, but 
comparatively few are recorded from Ulster; while the sand- 
hills of Walney and Ravenglass, and the neighbourhood of 
Southerness, were favourite places of sojourn. 
Both migrations reached Orkney, Shetland, and the 
Outer Hebrides. 
.PHASIANUS COLCHICUS, Linn. 
PHEASANT. 
The history of the Pheasant in Man is brief. Sacheverell 
(1693-94) and Feltham (1797-98) both remark that no Phea- 
sants existed in Man in their time, and the writer has not 
been able to find any old records of their introduction, 
which, however, would probably be attempted in imitation 
of the fashion of English and Scottish proprietors. 
The Game Act of 1835 states that there were then no 
Pheasants in Man, but that it was intended to introduce 
them with ‘ Moor-fowl, Heath-fowl, or Grouse,’ and until 
1837 none of these were to be destroyed by any person. 
