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in a siugulai- way ; there are two persons engaged, one on 

 the top of the cliif the other at the bottom, the man above 

 has a bell attached to a long line. At an indication by the 

 man below as to where the bird is perched, he throws the 

 bell over, causing it to ring, frightening the bird, and by 

 quickly chasing the bird it gets exhausted, goes to the 

 bottom when it is captured by the man below. 



I have purchased several young birds but have not been 

 able to keep them long, owing to their mischievous habits. 

 There was a pair of these birds nested for several years near 

 the Langdon Stairs. 



The Raven did not nest in this locality in either 186-i or 

 1865. 



The {Oorvus Moiieiala) or common Jackdaw builds in 

 great numbers in most parts of the Cliff ; the eggs are of a 

 pale bluish white, spotted with ash colour and clove brown. 

 The birds lays from four to sis eggs. 



There are several of the Sylvidce build on the shore, sucb. 

 for instance as the Wheatear {Saxieola cenanlhe). This 

 little bird may be seen often perched on the highest point 

 of large blocks of chalk. The birds are very shy and diffi- 

 cult to approach. The nests are not easily found owing to 

 the falls of cliff, which form a favourite place for their 

 nestin". I have a nest and eggs of this bird at the Museum. 

 The materials of which the nest is composed are dried grass, 

 wool, hair, black, brown, and red worsted. 



The ego's are pale blue, from four to six in number, the 

 latter not uncommon. The nest I have contained sis. 



The nest birds I call your attention to are the common 

 Pied Wagtail, f Motacilla Yarrillu) and the Wagtail, 

 (Molacilla Alba) the last named bird is not very common, 

 I have seen this little bird along our shore, and I am cer- 

 tain it occasionally builds in the cliff. Although I have 

 never found its nest, I have been mobbed by the parent 

 bird on two occasions, but I could never succeed in finding 

 its eo-t's. The Pied Wagtatail is frequently met with ; 



