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navian birds which have passed the winter in our islands 

 take their departure for their northern summer haunts. 



13. Finally (in March and April), the birds of 

 passage, which also wintered in Southern Europe, 

 arrive on the south coast, to travel by way of our 

 shores to their breedinsf-haunts in Central and North- 

 Western Europe. 



