AMONG THE BIRDS IN 

 NORTHERN SHIRES. 



CHAPTER I. 



BY UPLAND STREAMS. 



THERE are few things more interesting to 

 the lover of bird-life than the comparison of 

 ornithological phenomena as they are pre- 

 sented in various localities, separated, it may be, by 

 but few degrees of latitude. Not only does this 

 apply to the species themselves — for even in our 

 own islands the geographical distribution of birds 

 conforms a good deal to latitude, — but to their migra- 

 tional movements, their resumption of voice, their 

 seasons of reproduction, their gatherings and move- 

 ments generally, and finally to not a few habits that 

 appear to be confined within narrow territorial limits. 

 We have already dealt with bird-life in its many as- 

 pects in southern haunts with a view to the compari- 

 son of avine phenomena with that of more northern 

 localities; we now propose in the present volume to 

 review the most salient ornithological characteristics 



