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THE LAND BIRDS 



IN AND AROUND 



ST ANDREWS,/ 



INCLUDING A CONDENSED HISTORY OF THE BRITISH LAND BIRDS, 

 WITH EXTRACTS FROM THE POETS 



AND 



Observations and Anecdotes on Natural History. 



BY 



GEORGE BRUCE, 



ST ANDREWS, 



Author of "Destiny, and other Poems," " Rrmtvyrnvrj] (\t ^ 



St Andrews Bay," "Poems and ^'^jV^MU HSOIV/^ A 



" Birds and 

 And the mute fish that glances in the strJ 

 And harmless reptiles coiling- in the sun, 

 And gorgeous insects hovering in the air— ^^^ 

 The fowl domestic, and the household dog, 

 In his capacious mind he loved them all ; 

 Their rights acknowledging, he felt for all.' — Wordsworth. 



DUNDEE: 

 PRINTED BY JOHN LENG & CO., BANK STREET. 



1895. 



ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 



