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harvest they begin to be taken in great numbers, and 

 are sent for sale to Brighton and Tunbridge. About 

 Michaelmas they retire, and are seen no more till the 

 following March. Though the wheatears, when in season, 

 are in great plenty on the South Downs, near Lewes, 

 yet at Eastbourne, which is the eastern extremity of 

 these Downs, they are much more abundant. One 

 thing, continues Mr. White, is very remarkable — that 

 though so many hundred dozens are taken, yet they are 

 never seen to flock, and it is rare to see more than 

 three or four at a time ; so that there must be a 

 perpetual flight and constant progressive succession, 

 and possibly for a general migration they draw towards 

 the coast of Sussex in autumn. A few stragglers are 

 seen in many counties at all times of the year, espe- 

 cially about warrens and stone quarries. 



