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summer greenery, but they are tenanted with larger 

 and shyer fowl, and the whole place is replete with 

 an animation totally different from its summer 

 aspects of dreamy peace. As the short days close 

 in and night falls quickly over sea and land the 

 fowl become more lively and considerable move- 

 ment takes place, the birds often going for long 

 distances to feed. Among these usual winter 

 frequenters of the lake many a rare bird has been 

 from time to time detected. Even a mere list of 

 the bird rarities that have been observed either on 

 the actual ley itself or in the immediate vicinity 

 is enough to fill the average collector of such 

 specimens with envy. We can fairly compare 

 it with the still more famous island of Heligo- 

 land, which the researches of Gatke have made 

 so famous; and possibly no other spot of 

 the same size in the British Islands can 

 boast such a record of abnormal avine visitors. 

 Of the Passeres we may mention the pair of 

 Crested Larks seen by the late Lord Lilford; 

 of other families may be noted the Honey 

 Buzzard, the Osprey, the Bittern (sometimes in 

 exceptionally large numbers), the White Stork, 

 the Spoonbill, the Glossy Ibis, the Bean Gbose 



