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Pictures of Bird Life 



fisli. a|)})arently dace, and water-turtles appeared to })e very 

 common. Here I saw a Marsh-liarrier for the first time, 

 disturbin(( it from a dead and withered tree wliicli overhung 

 tlie stream. 



A Sandpiper was also seen, which I took to be the Green 

 Sandpiper : and a Kinofisher — the only one 1 saw in Spain 



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throughout my visit. .Vccordini>" to Chapman, it is •• most 

 numerous in winter."' A Blue Tit was noticed iiestiiii;- in a 

 birch-tree at the waterside. Unfortunately I did not see 

 the Crested Tit. wliich is to be found in the nci(>hboui"h()<)d. 

 I^ooking into a small bush for nests, a green tree-frog 

 was espied a few inches from my face, clinging to one of 



