KKl) GKOUSE — SAND GROUSE. 
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H. TETEAONID^E. 
THE EEL) GEOUSE. 
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Lcifjoims Scoticus. 
[The above lieading begins an otherwise blank i)age in the 
]\IS., and no mention of the bird occurs in any of the note- 
l)Ooks. I am informed, however, by JMr Thomas Edmondston, 
that the Eed Grouse has occasionally been shot in the Shetland 
Islands, but not often. An attempt to introduce it appears to 
have been made upon the Maiidand, but to have failed, owing 
to some little mismanagement in the choice of season, the birds 
having been let loose at a time of year when the heather 
presented the smallest possible attraction for them, and speedily 
going elsewhere. It is, however, said to be the opinion of most 
Shetland people that the naturalisation of the Eed Grouse in the 
islands is perfectly feasible, if properly set about. It was 
decidedly the opinion of the author, as it is Ekewise of my 
correspondent, himself well qualified to judge in such a matter. 
Plentiful as the Grouse is in Orkney, one would hardly think 
it would be unable to pick up a tolerable living in Shetland, 
if once fairly established. The wild and little visited pen- 
insula on the north side of Eona’s Voe would probably be the 
best place to choose as the starting-point for the new colony 
in the event of the introduction being again attempted, Eona’s 
Hill being high enough to afford a substantial shelter in heavy 
weather. From personal knowledge, alike of the locality and 
of the bird, I venture to think the experiment might be suc- 
cessfully made there, if anywhere, provided only it were not 
frustrated by the Peregrine Falcons. — Ed.] 
PALLAS’S SAND GEOUSE. 
Syrrhaptes paradoxus. 
On the morning of the 28th of October 1863, after a steady 
lueeze from the south-east, I caught a glimpse of one of these 
