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The persecution that this unfortunate Pipit 

 undergoes from the various smaller Hawks in the 

 Highlands ought to tend to keep down their 

 numbers. Merlins, Sparrow Hawks and Harriers 

 all appear to have a special fancy for feeding their 

 young brood with this particular bird, as long as 

 any are to be met with in their neighbourhood. 



The old birds, together with their young, were 

 obtained between Shoreham and Worthing, on the 

 coast of Sussex, in June, 1874. 



HOUSE MAETIN. (IMMATURE). 

 Case 18. 



This case, which represents the birds clinging 

 to the face of a cliff, is copied from a sketch made 

 under Tantallon Castle, on the coast of East 

 Lothian. 



There are several ledges of rock along the 

 shore between Seacliff and Canty Bay where House 

 Martins may be found nesting every year. Their 

 nests are, however, so much the colour of the rocks 

 that it takes some time to discover their where- 

 abouts. 



The specimens were obtained partly in August, 

 1874, in East Lothian, and the remainder in Sussex, 

 in September, 1875. 



EOCK PIPIT. 



Case 19. 



This bird may be observed round our shores 

 from north to south. As its name implies, it 

 frequents cliffs and the precipitous rocks that over- 

 hang the sea on many parts of the coast. 



It has a peculiar fancy for breeding on any 

 small island in preference to the mainland. I have 

 noticed this particularly the case at the " Ferns " 

 and Bass Kock, together with all the islands in the 



