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South Devon, and it is said to have been heard 

 at Teignmouth, as well as in the north of the 

 same county at Barnstaple. But even in the 

 east of Devon it is local and rare, as it also is 

 in the north of Somerset, though plentiful in 

 other parts of the latter county. Crossing the 

 Bristol Channel, it is said to be not uncommon 

 at times near Cowbridge in Glamorganshire. 

 Dr. Bree states ('Zoologist,' p. 1211) that it is 

 found plentifully on the banks of the Wye near 

 Tintern ; and thence there is more or less good 

 evidence of its occurrence in Herefordshire, 

 Salop, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, and in York- 

 shire to about five miles north of its chief city, 

 but, as Mr. T. Allis states, not further. Along 

 the line thus sketched out, and immediately to 

 the east and south of it, the appearance of the 

 Nightingale, even if regular, is in most cases 

 rare, and the bird local ; but further away from 

 the boundary it occurs yearly with great regu- 

 larity in every county, and in some places is very 

 numerous. Mr. More states that it is thought 

 to have once bred in Sunderland, and it is said 



