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base of the mountains,) the whole of our journey, about ten miles, was 

 rendered most delightful by the singing of the Nightingales answering each 

 other, as soon as one ceased its strain it was taken up by another on either 

 side, so that during the whole progress of our walk it seemed one continued 

 concert from end to end; in one particularly noted locality, about three 

 miles distant from here, I should think there could not have been less 

 than a dozen of them. Another reason for not believing in its absence 

 from Wales, is its having a name in the common spoken language of the 

 present day in Wales, Eos, (eos, dissyllable;) was it unknown or extinct, 

 the name would be forgotten or only known by reference to books on 

 etymology, but here it is known in the vernacular regularly by every 

 Welshman, and many of whom know it by no other name. It also forms 

 part of the name of many localities in Wales, given at a time when 

 names were meant as descriptive of the places; thus we have Court-yr-Eos, 

 (the Nightingale Court;) Pentre-yr-Eos, (Nightingale Village;) Pant-yr-Eos, 

 (the Nightingale's hollow:) and other significant allusions to its residence or 

 visitations. — James Bladon, Pont-y-Pool, November 25th., 1856. 



Extraordinary Flights of Larks. — A correspondent sends us the follow- 

 ing : — "I have just returned from a stroll in the Regent's Park (one o'clock 

 p.m., Saturday), where I witnessed a very unusual spectacle. When about 

 one hundred yards from the railing of the late Mr. Holford's ground, I was 

 brought to a stand by observing an immense flight of Larks coming over 

 the Zoological Gardens, and making for the late Marquis of Hertford's. 

 Their numbers were countless, and they literally darkened the air; they 

 were flying very low, and were obliged to divide in order to pass me on 

 either side. This flight took two or three minutes to go over, and, after 

 a brief interval, was succeeded by another almost as numerous. Being 

 curious to observe whether it would be continued, I remained walking up 

 and down, and was presently gratified by observing another approach from 

 the same quarter, and passing over precisely the same line of ground. I 

 stayed on the spot for upwards of an hour, during which time flight after 

 flight passed over me, sometimes in detachments of a few hundreds, at 

 others in myriads. In one instance one of these flights settled almost 

 within pistol shot of me, and covered the ground, within a few inches of 

 each other, for about the space of half an acre. The unusual sight attracted 

 the notice of one of the park-keepers, and of several persons who were 

 passing, and who all declared that they had never witnessed anything like 

 it before; indeed it might well be an object of astonishment unto the wide, 

 upturned, wondering eyes of cockneys, for although I have for the last 

 twenty years been accustomed to be abroad in the severest seasons, and 

 not an unmindful observer, I never saw such large and such continuous flights 



