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she at last angrily exclaimed: " Go back 1 not J, 

 indeed ! I'm off to market to sell my Ijutter and 

 eggs : " 



When danger threatens, an old male wiU run 

 up to the top of some heather knowe, or crag, 

 and utter an emphatic Coch ! cock! cock! which is 

 the signal to be off. 



Grouse are, as a rule, the most noisy between the 

 lirst peep of day and the time the sun rises above 

 the horizon on a nice frosty October morning, but 

 often they have very little indeed to say, even under 

 such conditions, if the day is going to turn out wet. 



Call notes are used for keeping families of birds 

 together Avhilst hunting for insects amongst the 

 foliage and branches of trees, and the different 

 members of a brood of Lonti^-Tailed Tits si<mal each 

 other's whereabouts all day long during summer, 

 autumn, and winter by a sweet little See- see-see ! 



Such species as Golden Plover, Peewits and 

 Curlews, that fly about in flocks, keej^ together 

 in thick fogs, and during dark nights, by constantly 

 calling to each other. 



There are very few people who have not heard 

 strange bird cries high overhead during autunni 

 nights. They proceed from migrants winging their 

 way to their winter quarters and anxious not to 

 lose each other in the darkness. 



The call notes of some species are strangely like 

 other sounds. When the nest of the Common 

 Buzzard is visited the bird circles high overhead, 



