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make the northern retreat, and visit us in win- 

 ter; not but numbers breed in the high cliffs in 

 all parts of this island. We suspect that the 

 Turtle leaves us in winter, at lest changes its 

 place, removing to the southern counties. 

 Stare. Breeds here; possibly several remove to other 



countries for that purpose, since the produce of 

 those that continue here, seems unequal to the 

 clouds of them that appear in winter. It is not 

 unlikely that many migrate into Sweden, where 

 Mr. Bei^ger observes they return in spring. 



Thrushes. The Fieldfare and the Redwing breed and 

 pass their summers in Norway, and other cold 

 countries ; their food is berries, w hich abound- 

 ing in our kingdoms, tempts them here in the 

 winter. These two and the Royston crozv, are 



.- the only land birds that regularly and constantly 



migrate into England, and do not breed here. 

 Grosbeak. The Haxv and Cross-bUkd Grosbeak come 

 here at such uncertain times, as not to deserve 

 the names of birds of passage ; they breed in 

 Austria, I suspect the Pine Grosbeak breeds 

 in the forests of the Highlands of Scotland. The 

 Buljlnch and Green Grosbeak never quit the 

 island. 



Chatterer, The Chatterer appears annually about Edin- 

 burgh in flocks during winter; and feeds on the 

 berries of the mountain ash. In South Britain 

 it is an accidental visitant. 



