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FAMILIAR WILD BIRDS. 



that large .quantities are taken in this way in some of the 

 Scottish islands, where a remunerative price is obtained for 

 their feathers. 



The Puffin is well known in various parts of Scandinavia, 

 Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and other northern latitudes, 

 and is met with on some parts of the coasts of Holland and 

 Prance. 



This bird is seldom seen off the Sussex coast, but after 

 a heavy southerly gale specimens are often washed ashore. 



