rfvals InSl T '"' f -minated by hardier and bolder 

 cm' i/w ^^'^'^fr^ ^^^ '^^ Chough frequented Dover 

 Chffs It was a well-known bird, and had several local names 



Cornwrr '^' ^^*^^ J-^^-' it . almost unknowTin 

 Cornwall, lingers m Wales, and is nowhere common even in 



Elwes for the fact that the Manx Shearwater bred in 



ITZTIT^Y ^^^"^^-^ °^^^ ^ -^^-^ ^-- ^^^ 



I mav add t, r" ^^ ^*' ^'^^'-^^-^oles by the Puffin. 

 Pa2i. I r "\ *^' '''*'^" ^°""*^^^ *^^ Eed-legged 



although the latter is protected and its enemy persecuted 

 So much for brute courage. peisecuted. 



The amount of disturbance which birds will tolerate during 

 jesting vanes with different species: take all the eggs of f 



nest but the mere presence of a man in the neighbourhood 



break their eggs and leave the neighbourhood : how seriouslv 

 uch exaggerated precaution must tell against thel rlet 

 a species one sees at a glance. Hence we must allow that 

 mental quality which in ourselves we call '"cooW' to 

 nfluence such sorts of birds as possess it. This c less 

 shown by a just estimate of the chances, is possessed Tn 

 different degrees by the Starling and the E;bin,'wrh w 

 BO far overcome their distrust of man as to build in exposed 



The Swallow tribe, on the other hand, freely enter and leave 

 their nests m our presence "Rnf +1,^ q 

 Qualitv in ,>o T. 1 presence, iiut the Sparrow possesses the 

 qua y m its highest form, and, whether in pursuit of food 

 n the placmg or visiting its nest, shows that just apprecl' 

 ation of the chances of which I have spoken. The annual 

 destruction of the eggs and young of these courageous bid 



anci clfls, the Starhng m rmned castles, and the Sparrow in 

 ofty elms. These situations are suitable, and are resolt d 

 to by mdividuals of the respective species; but the lab ur of 

 bnngmg up young m such remotely-placed nests is gie" Lr 



