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Northern Isles, to Scotland, or to certain counties to 
the north of us, or lastly whose geographical po¬ 
sition may with greater propriety be referred to the 
north than to the south of Devon. 
There are certain passerine birds which are 
irregular visitors of Great Britain, such as the 
Bee-eater, Oriole, Rose Ouzel , and Hoopoe , which 
have several times been found with us, and which 
properly speaking have their station in Africa but 
migrate into Europe yearly, and at times pass over 
to the British Isles, so that this offers some ex¬ 
planation of the fact of so many of the British 
specimens having been captured in the south, and 
especially in Devon. Another class of irregular 
visitants seem to arrive from opposite sources; the 
Nutcracker is in our list an instance of this, as 
the northern countries appear to be its true station, 
the cause of its coming hither not being evident. 
A third series of irregular emigrants, consisting of 
the Pied Flycatcher, Red tail, Bohemian Chatterer, 
Crossbill and Grosbeak, are in all probability de¬ 
rived from the Continental states. The Bearded 
Titmouse, has been noticed only near Thorverton 
and Dawlish, and the Tree Sparrow only in the 
east of Devon. The Reed Warbler is found 
sparingly with us, though it has not been noticed 
in Wilts, Somerset, and Dorset. The Brambling 
and Snow Bunting are chiefly observed in winter. 
Our other rarities are noticed only sparingly and 
casually. 
(For the localities of our rarer and more interesting 
birds of the South Hams, see the catalogue in the 
last chapter and the second of the maps accom¬ 
panying the present text.) 
The remark which we made relative to the Ac- 
cipitres being prone to roam, of individuals of one 
species being stationed in localities of very different 
natures, of their partaking of a variety of food, and 
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