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Pictures of Bird Life 



Hocks of ].apwin<>s 

 feedint^, and the 

 swish of wings as 

 a lot of Golden 

 Plover have dashed 

 past in their im- 

 petuous Hi(>ht. and 

 have discerned 

 through the mist 

 the gre y a n d 

 o-hostly figure of a 

 motionless Heron, 

 intent on procur- 

 ino" some fish for 

 breakfast. In such 

 weatlier many 

 Fieldfares, lled- 

 wings, and I^arks 

 are shot l)y a class 

 of men who do 

 not consider, or 



,1 I 1 ,, 4-K^ NiGin IMPALE [Dauluis hiscinia) and IS'est. 



care, tliat by tne 



constant popping at such small game the more desirable 



birds are dri\'en away t(^ quieter retreats. 



JNIost of my observations and work have been done on 

 a small farm of poor land, chieHy pastoral, quite close to 

 the inhabited part of the parisli. But one or two important 

 characteristics help to make it a very good hunting-ground 



