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cliffs in this locality. We have also seen the 

 Yellow Bunting and the Linnet there during the 

 breeding season. This scrub in many parts of the 

 cliffs is a favourite roosting place with small birds 

 of various species. 



In the preceding chapter we purposely omitted 

 to mention the Rock Pipit, for although it is par 

 excellence a bird of the shore, it is, as its name 

 rightly implies, a species very closely identified 

 with the rocks and cliffs. The Rock Pipit is a 

 common resident along the entire Devonshire 

 coast, in all localities suited to its requirements 

 rocky beaches and cliffs. The bird is never 

 met with far from the shore; it is quite the 

 most maritime of all our small Passeres. This 

 Pipit is common enough round the south coast, 

 and a bird that is one of the most familiar objects 

 of the shore in our own particular neighbourhood. 

 Ever tame and trustful, it may be watched flitting 

 about the weed -draped rocks at low water, or 

 rising with a startled cheep from the coarse sand 

 and shingle, feebly flying a short distance and 

 then alighting to watch our approach. Then it 

 may often be remarked high up the broken cliffs, 

 or even clinging to some small projecting piece 



