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do not, however, show in any considerable number till 

 after the gales with which we are usually visited in 

 September and October. On their first arrival they 

 are remarkably fearless. 



Two of the specimens in the case were shot sitting 

 at a pool of rain-water in company with a Purple 

 Sandpiper, in the middle of the carriage-drive along 

 the South Denes, at Yarmouth, during a gale of wind, 

 in November, 1872 ; the remainder were killed earlier 

 the same autumn on Breydon mudflats. 



ROBIN. 

 Case 23. 



The case represents a pair of Robins in a woodyard, 

 showing the block, hedging-glove, and chopper. 



The specimens were obtained near Brighton, in 

 March, 1866. 



BEARDED TITMOUSE. (SUMMER.) 

 Case 24. 



The drainage of marshes and reclaiming of waste 

 lands all over the country are banishing scores of our 

 native birds from the strongholds they have held 

 for ages. 



This handsome little bird, however, unlike some of 

 the larger species, is at present in no danger of being 

 entirely driven from our islands, as the more extensive 

 broads and meres in the eastern counties offer them a 

 safe retreat. The districts, however, that are suited 

 to their habits are fast becoming much reduced ; 

 several spots where they were formerly common in 



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