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habits, that is, on coast Hnes where rocks and 

 boulders abound. It is probably more plentiful on 

 the west coast of Scotland than elsewhere, and there 

 I obtained two or three specimens which were 

 handed over to a Manchester taxidermist who even- 

 tually retired from business, having a lot of my birds 

 in his charge at the time. In the general wind-up 

 and settlement of my claims these particular birds 

 appear to have been lost. Wishing, however, to 

 complete my case of Pipits, and there being no time 

 left for me to add these birds by collecting them 

 personally, I accepted the specimen you see from 

 Mr. Thorpe, Naturalist, East Croydon. These 

 birds do not, as a rule, collect in flocks, but run 

 about amongst the boulders of rocks in pairs ; their 

 food consists of marine insects, flies, and crustaceans, 

 and the nest is more often placed in the crevices of 

 rocks than anywhere else. 



CASE 3L 



THE SKYLARK. 



Order, Passeres. Family, Alaudidcs. 



Who is not well acquainted with this favourite 

 songster — recalling, as it does, the scenes of child- 

 hood's days, when we used to wander about in the 

 green meadows amongst the buttercups and daises, 

 on some glorious spring day, and listen to and 

 watch the Lark soaring, as it were, to heaven's gates 



