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other northern countries : it is very scarce towards 

 the south of Britain, never having been observed far- 

 ther in that direction than the coasts of Yorkshire, 

 excepting the young, which has been taken near 

 Horsham in Sussex, near Oxford, and on the coast 

 of Lancashire. It breeds in the northern regions, 

 and in the Hebrides : its nest is composed of dry 

 grass : the eggs afe two in number, very light brown, 

 marked with irregular dark brown blotches. 



