the fiock-bound Coast 



the wilder moorland districts of England, Scotland 

 and Wales, but like the Peregrine is being driven 

 to take refuge on the precipitous parts of the 

 coast. 



The Peregrine is said to be decidedly in- 

 creasing in numbers, and many a landowner is 

 protecting these and other species rarer still, 

 which nest on his ground at no inconsiderable 

 expense. The great enemy of these birds is 

 the professional collector, but the eggs would 

 not be taken if there were no market for 

 them. Love and knowledge of bird life is 

 assuredly growing, so may we not hope that the 

 public may yet awake to the fact that the birds are 

 a national possession of inestimable value, and 

 take means to prevent the irreparable loss involved 

 in the extinction of the many threatened species, 

 ere it becomes too late ? 



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