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tain. As we looked on to the flats we could 
see the great grey forms of a couple of herons 
a quarter of a mile away, feeding. They 
flew upas soon as we stopped to look at them, 
XVIII: A pair of redshanks (¢ size). 
even though we were so far off. I fancy 
even now I can hear their ‘ quawck’ as they 
did so. 
I have stated in Part II that I did not know 
how to distinguish the flight of the carrion 
