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partial to flooded meadows and the soft ooze of 

 our tidal harbours. In the meadows they find 



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abundance of insect and vegetable food; on the 

 ooze their diet consists chiefly of small mollusca 

 of various kinds and the fry of the common mussel. 

 At the approach of rain the flocks become very 

 restless, wheeling about to and fro, and constantly 



