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they exhibit, too, in the matter of nest build- 
ing, as the photograph willshow. At the same 
time they are capable of the swiftest move- 
ments in flight. I well remember once after 
having been lost in a fog, and wandering all 
night, near the summit of Penmaenmawr 
mountain in North Wales, how some _lap- 
wings disturbed by my presence as_ the 
day broke (a most unusual occurrence for 
them at this hour in their mountain soli- 
tudes), swooped over and past me swift 
as an arrow from a bow, endeavouring to 
discover who was the intruder in _ their 
mountain home, and what he wanted there. 
And how too I was deceived in imagining 
the ‘ Pee-wit’ cry of one of them perched 
upon the ground (only a few yards away, 
though I did not see it for some time) to 
be the whistle of some country yokel, who 
sought to attract my attention and put me 
in the right way home ! 
*k *k * * * 
Just as we crossed a bit of rough ground, out 
jumped a hare, and we could feel the warmth 
B.N. H 
