The Avifauna. 



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locality, and is not unfrequently met with on the 

 Braid Hills. 



The Linnet 

 does not appear 

 to be so plentiful 

 as it was in our 

 bird-nesting days. 

 Some are, how- 

 ever, still to be 

 seen on Arthur's 

 Seat and the Braid 

 Hills. 



The Chaffinch, 

 though partially 

 migratory, as is 

 evidenced by num- 

 bers of them being 

 killed by flying 

 against the light- 

 house lamps both 

 in spring and Chaffinch, Bui,i.finch, and Crossbill. 

 autumn, is plentiful at all seasons around Craigmillar. 



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