ON FLAMBOROUGH HEAD. 



By Mr. G. D. ROWLEY. 

 (Plates LXXXII.-LXXXV.) 



' They told how sea-fow^s pinions fail. 

 As over Whitby's towers they sail. 

 And, sinking down with flutterings faint. 

 They do their homage to the Saint." 



Marmion. 



Flamborough Head is perhaps one of the most enjoyable places m 

 England to the ornithologist, now that it is no longer a scene of slaughter. 

 To this spot Mr. Keulemans went from London at my request; and I 

 here set the results before the reader. 



The lithographs are from faithful sketches taken by him, June 5th and 

 6th, 1877, for this work. 



Yorkshire has always been famous for its birds and the interest taken 

 in them by its inhabitants ; for even the " fair ladies " of York formerly 

 wore the blown eggs of Hedge-Sparrows as earrings. This we read in 

 Ray's ' Willughby ' (Preface), a.d. 1678. It may be beheved that diamonds 

 were scarce in those days. 



But these northern belles were surpassed in their love of birds by the 



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