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well as to prove beyond all doubt that this bird breeds in 

 Cumberland ; yet it was not until the present year that I 

 had the gratification of accomplishing an object which I 

 have had so long in view. After repeated excursions 

 through the lake district this summer for the express 

 purpose, I was so fortunate as to obtain their eggs in 

 two different localities, namely, three on Whiteside, con- 

 tiguous to Helvellyn, on the 29th of June, and two on the 

 5th of July on Robinson, in the vicinity of Buttermere. 

 The former had been incubated twelve or fourteen days ; 

 the latter were only recently laid ; and, in both instances, 

 the birds were seen to leave their eggs : one, on quitting 

 them, immediately spread out its wings and tail, which it 

 trailed on the ground a short distance, and then went 

 away without uttering a single note. On this day, 5th 

 of July 1835, a young bird, a few days old, was also 

 captured. 



