1891.  England.
July 9
(No 3)
Clovelly. - It was about the size of a Chaffinch and
seemed to be a Sparrow of some kind but just what
I cannot determine.
   At a point where the path comes out on the 
brink of a naked cliff I saw a Kestrel and a
Pigeon which seemed to have a nest in the rocks
and which was of about the size and general
appearance of a blue strut Pigeon. I took it for
C. aenas as I could see no white on the rump. It
flew very swiftly out over the sea.
   As I stood on the brink of t his cliff my eye
caught something brown moving slightly on a
narrow ledge about 20 ft. below and directly over
the sea. To my amazement it turned out to
be a Rabbit. It seemed to feel quite at ease and
even sat erect for a moment on its narrow perch
from which I could not discover any means of
escape for a creature not endowed with wings
but doubtless there was some path to the clover
fields above. The ledge was fully 500 ft. above the 
ocean.
   In a grove of large oaks I heard what I
took to be a Woodpecker tapping but the bird
proved to be a Nuthatch. It was on a dead branch
in the top of the tree and for a long time behaved
like a Gray Squirrel keeping on the opposite side of
the branch and peeping around at me shyly.
I accordingly lay down on my back and waited.
At length it got over its alarm and showed itself
on my side being presently joined by its mate.
Both birds rambling about the trunks precisely