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A mono' the Birds in Northern Shires. 



due to physical conditions — to the presence of moun- 

 tains and uplands throughout that area. 



The Dipper and the Gray Wagtail are the two 

 characteristic birds of the upland brook and river 

 side, rarely if ever seen anywhere else under normal 



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circumstances, and, so far as our observations go, 

 their happy lives are passed in much the same 

 manner on the streams of both northern and southern 

 shires, with the one exceptional movement" to more 

 sheltered areas on the part of the latter species in 

 boreal localities. There is, however, another charm- 

 ing bird of the mountain streams which we cannot 

 pass unnoticed, and that is the Common Sandpiper, 

 or " Summer Snipe " as it is called in many districts. 



