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observed by those who are aquainted with its habits 

 and manner of flight. 



It seems to have a partiality for the rocks and cliffs 

 on the sea coast, being generally found every autumn 

 between Brighton and Newhaven, and again in the 

 neighbourhood of Plymouth. 



The mature males are by no means so plentiful as the 

 females and young. 



One of the males in the case exhibits the white on 

 the wing, while the other shows not the slightest trace 

 of it, most probably being a younger bird. 



The specimens were all obtained along the chalk 

 cliffs between Brighton and Eottingdean, in October, 

 1873. 



GKEY KEDSTABT. 

 Case 140. 



Most authors declare that the Grey Bedstart of the 

 British Islands is only the immature of the Black. 



I do not pretend to risk an opinion on the subject, 

 and will only state that two of the specimens in the 

 case were stated, by the taxidermist who set them up, 

 to be males. 



I have observed numbers of this description of bird 

 frequenting the dust-heaps and newly-spread manure 

 in the neighbourhood of Brighton, from the end of 

 October till the middle of November. 



One of the specimens in the case was shot while 

 flying off the roof of the Museum, in November, 1874; 

 and the remainder in the adjoining grounds, in No- 

 vember, 1875 : at which time they were particularly 

 numerous. 



