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BIRD-LIFE OF THE BORDERS 



their southern journey. Very few remain throughout the 

 winter, though I shot one, chasing" a chaffinch, during 

 heavy snow, on December 21st, and have other notes in 

 January and February. Adult males are comparatively 

 scarce. Their blue-grey plumage shows up in contrast 

 with heather when the birds are seen flying over it, but 

 assimilates admirably in tone with the grey boulders on 

 which they are so fond of perching. 



Peewits — A Siesta. 



