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BIRDS. 



man, watching his murderous opportunity, fires. When all are 

 picked up, they are carried into the house, and everybody, male 

 and female, commences to pluck them preparatory to boiling or 

 roasting. Their flesh is simply delicious. People used to say, 

 ' The heavier the snow falls, and the longer it lay, the " Ghallicks " 

 got the fatter.' 



In the winter the Snow Bunting is a common visitant, keeping 

 mostly to the high grounds, and we never remember to have seen 

 them along the coast, as is the case in Yorkshire. At times they 

 arrive very early in October, or even the end of September in 

 Sutherland. 



END OF VOL. I. 



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