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tain. It is rare in Ireland, nor have we near so 

 many of these birds on the mountains of Cumberland 

 and Westmoreland that ^\e formerly could boast. 

 However, there they still breed, as also in parts of 



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Scotland. We extract from a careful observer of 

 these birds, Mr. Heysham of Carlisle, the pith of an 

 interesting account of their habits. He says, they 

 congregate in their various resorts about the middle 

 or end of May, where they remain together some days, 

 and then retreat to the momitains to breed ; always 

 in the vicinity of the lakes ; choosing the more inac- 

 cessible summits, and those, in especial, covered with 

 the " woolly frieze moss,'' Trichostomum lanuginosum. 

 In these high places they make no nests, but choose 



