CHAPTER VII. 

 LITTORAL LAND BIRDS. 



Littoral Land Birds White- Martins Rock Dove Stock 



tailed Eagle Peregrine Falcon Dove Heron Various other 



Raven Jackdaw Hooded species. 

 Crow Chough Rock Pipit 



OUR survey of marine ornithology can scarcely 

 be considered complete without a brief allu- 

 sion to the various land birds that reside upon the 

 coast Many of these birds are, perhaps, most 

 closely associated with inland districts, but others 

 are just as essentially marine. Some of these 

 species constantly reside by the sea, others are but 

 found there during the bright summer days, whilst 

 others yet again appear during autumn and winter 

 only. Be the shore low sand or marshy slob-land, 

 buttressed by precipitous cliffs, or fringed with 

 rocky beaches and open downs, certain land birds 

 form decided features in the scene, some of them 

 very widely and very generally dispersed. In some 

 cases these species show us how very readily birds 

 can adapt themselves to their surroundings, or 

 reconcile themselves to circumstances, finding as 



