56 Birds of Buzzard's Roost 



self at any rate he maintained the position unchanged for a 

 long time, and then sailed away. Since then I have learned 

 that such is their habit. Wilson says "they may be seen in a 

 summer's morning, spreading out their wings to the rising 

 sun, and remaining in that posture for a considerable time." 

 He thinks that this habit "is attended with the same exhilarat- 

 ing effect that an exposure to the air of the morning has on the 

 frame of one just risen from repose." 



