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and very tame for a mervaile and (made (?) ) like a 

 hawke to kill partrige and other fowles." 



Possibly this white Raven was sent to London, 

 for John Evelyn records in his diary for October, 

 1658, "4. I din'd with the Holland Ambassador at 

 Derby House : returning I diverted to see a very 

 white Raven, bred in Cumberland." In 1665, Evelyn 

 again records his having seen a white Raven living 

 in the collection at St. James's Park, and as the 

 Raven is longlived, it seems likely that it was the 

 bird which he had previously recorded in 1658. 



Dr. Stanley (1829) states that a Raven, "with 

 a white ring round its neck, was seen and fired at 

 some time since in the woods about Calder Brido^e." 



An immio-ration occurs in winter to the eastern 

 fells ; small j)arties of four or five are frequently 

 seen. 



Family ALAUDIDiE. 

 Genus A LA U DA. 



A. Arvensis. Skylark. 



The Skylark is a generally distributed resident. 

 The Larks of our fells frequently descend to the 

 coast after a heavy fall of snow, and specimens 

 which we have shot on the sea-shore on such 

 occasions appeared to be lighter in colour than the 

 Larks which breed on our salt marshes. An im- 

 portant note, as bearing on the connection between 

 Cumberland and Ireland, was recently communicated 

 to us by the late Mr. Robinson of St. Bees, a 

 singularly accurate outdoor observer. One forenoon, 

 in the first week of October, 1876, Mr. Robinson 



