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are numerous, and cultivated districts generally, are its 

 favourite resorts, but it may be frequently observed 

 " dusting " in the roadway, in the manner of sparrows 

 and larks. It is also fond of washing itself. As already 

 stated, it is tolerably well distributed through Great Britain, 

 but is most numerously found in Sussex, Yorkshire, Shrop- 

 shire, Cornwall, Norfolk, Suffolk, Lancashire, Cumber- 

 land, and Durham. 



