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BIRDS OF THE HUMBER DISTRICT. 



which the good Saint, now nearly 1200 years since, 

 tended and loved so well during his solitary life in 

 the lonely little isle. 



When in 1827, under the direction of Canon 

 Raine, the tomb of St. Cuthbert in Durham Cathe- 

 dral was opened, the bones found in the inner coffin 

 were wrapped in rich and costly robes embroidered 

 with water-fowl which Mr. Raine believed represented 

 the Eider Duck. 



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