DECEIVING WILD CREATURES. 



II 



in a neighbouring tree^ the rest of the amiable 

 flock would squabble and fight in the most un- 

 seemly manner for places. 



House sparrows were coming and going all 

 day long, their breathless haste and the oppressive 

 intensity of the July heat making them gape and 

 pant like dogs. 



Ring doves and turtle doves came frequently, 

 and thrusting their bills almost up to the gape in 

 the water, obtained it, as Gilbert White says, 

 " by long-continued draughts, like quadrupeds." 

 I photographed representatives of both these 

 species one morning, and in the afternoon my 

 brother, who had come to relieve me by taking 

 a turn in the ox, where the temperature was of 

 melting torridity, also secured an exposure upon 

 each. When the plates were developed in the 

 evening, we were surprised to discover that by a 

 strange coincidence we had both photographed 



WOOD PIGEON. 



