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observed by those who are aquainted with its habits 

 and manner of flight. 



It seems to have a partiaHty for the rocks and chffs 

 on the sea coast, being generally found every autumn 

 between Brighton and Newhaven, and jigaiu in the 

 neighbourhood of Plymouth. 



The mature males are by no means so plentiful as the 

 females and 3'Oang. 



One of the males in the case exhibits the white on 

 the wing, while the other shows not the slightest trace 

 of it, most probably being a younger bird. 



The specimens were all obtained along the chalk 

 cliffs between Brighton and Pvottingdean, in October, 

 1873. 



GREY REDSTART. 



Case 140. 



Most authors declare that the Grey Redstart of the 

 British Islands is only the immature of the Black. 



I do not pretend to risk an opinion on the subject, 

 and will only state that two of the specimens in the 

 case w^ere stated, by the taxidermist who set them up, 

 to be males. 



I have observed numbers of this description of bird 

 frequenting the dust-heaps and newly-spread manure 

 in the neighbourhood of Brighton, from the end of 

 October till the middle of November. 



One of the specimens in the case was shot while 

 flying off the roof of the Museum, in November, 1874; 

 and the remainder in the adjoining grounds, in No- 

 vember, 1875 : at which time they were particularly 

 numerous. 



