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trict to district, to wherever the insects on which 

 they prey are most numerous. 



47. The Bohemian Waxwing, a very beautiful 

 bird, though not a native, is occasionally killed in 

 Sutherland ; as are 



48. The Hoopoe; and 49. The Rose-coloured 

 Starling, and probably many other continental 

 visitors. 



50. The Sky Lark is seen everywhere, having 

 few enemies excepting the merlin and other small 

 hawks. 



51. The variety of sky lark called the Crested 

 Lark is also found about Assynt. 1 



52. The Snow Buntings arrive in great numbers 

 in October. As the frost and snow increase, the 

 male birds daily become whiter. They appear to 

 be never at rest, flitting to and fro along the sea- 

 shore, or other places where they find their minute 

 food. 



53. The Corn Bunting haunts the cultivated 

 regions : he is never far from the corn-fields. 



54. The Yellow Bunting, on the contrary, seems 

 far more independent of grain; and I saw it 

 throughout the county wherever there were any 

 bushes or trees. 



55. The Reed Bunting is common also near 

 rushy and reedy pools. 



1 Error. J. A. H.-B. 



