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kind of hollow chamber down among the rocks some 

 five or six feet below the level of the ground outside, 

 and completely covered in above. It seemed a curious 

 place for a Redwing to nest in, but there was very little 

 in the wav of scrub to attract it here. The Wheatear 





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THE ALMAXXS RIFT: NESTIXG-SITE OF REDWING. 

 {Photographed by Johnson Wilkinson.) 



is^very generally distributed, and in some of the lava- 

 strewn districts is the only common small bird. The 

 single specimen I was able to handle had a wing of over 

 ICO mm., and certainly belonged to the C4reenland race 



