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DORSETSHIRE FAUNA. 
(132) 132. urbica. Martin Swallow, I have seen nests of this bird on 
the chalk-cliffs hy the sea, near Lulworth Castle. 
(131) 1S2, riparia. Sand Swallow. I once noticed these birds in profusion 
on the sea-shore, near Portland Ferry, as if preparing to migrate, late in the 
autumn. 
1. Cypselus. Swift. 
(135) 134. murarius. Wall Swift. In great numbers on Wimborne 
Towers. 
CAPRIMULGID.^, Nightjar family, 
li. Caprimulgus. Nightjar. 
(136) 136. Europceus. European Nightjar. 
ORDER III. RASORES, Scratchers. 
COLUMBIDAE, Pigeon family, 
lii. CoLUMBA. Pigeon. 
(139) 137. palumbus. Ring Pigeon. G. W., &c. 
(140) 138. cenas. Stock Pigeon. Isle of Purbeck, Dr. P. In large 
flocks in Turnip fields in the winter, at Parley (and Thorne.) 
(142) 140. turtur. Turtle Dove. Cranborne Chace. 
PHASIANIDPheasant family. 
Ivi. Phasianus. Pheasant. 
(143) 145. Colchicus, Common Pheasant, G. W., ; also the Pied 
Pheasant; both naturalized. 
146. torquatus. Ring Pheasant. 
TETRAONIDAE, Grous family. 
Iviii. Tetrao. Grous. 
(149) 149. tetrix. Black Grous. Parley and Pool Heaths; Mordeii 
and Moreton Heaths, and formerly shot on Knighton Heath, near Dorchesterj 
by the late John Floyer, Esq. 
lix. Perdix. Partridge. 
(144) 153. cinerea. Grey Partridge, G. W., &c. 
(145) 154. rufa. Redlegged Partridge. Shot at Upway, near Wey^ 
mouth. Dr. P. 
(146) 156. coturnix. Quail. I have seen two or three at West Staf¬ 
ford. There are generally a few on Fordington Fields. 
STRUTHIONID^, Ostrich family, 
lx, Otis. Bustard; 
(152) 157. tarda. Great Bustard. A few seen in DP. P.’s time, 
about Woodyates and Ashmore Downs, Langton and Strickland. Now quite 
extinct in Dorset. I once saw one that had just been shot near Amesbury, 
Wiltshire. 
