NATURE IN AUGUST. I. 



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them. On our ramble we had the satisfaction of seeing one of 

 the balance-keepers of Nature at his work. Right in the garden 

 path skirted on one side by a fine row of scarlet runner 

 Beans, and on the other by neatly hoed rows of magnum 

 bonum Potatoes a Sparrow Hawk dashed down and killed a 

 Sparrow. How precise he was and how quick 1 Through the 

 woods, too, we now and then came across a few feathers. 

 The moral is obvious. 



Early in the month the Nightjar was still to be heard, but 



SHETLAND SHEEP IN AN ENGLISH PARK. 



what of the Grasshoppers ? On an acre or two of grass land 

 we came across thousands of these agile and noisy creatures. 

 We caught at least six varieties and examined them under a 

 glass. How delicate the greens and yellows, and how curious 

 the staring eyes! Almost every minute a brightly plumed 

 Redstart darts from a post into the grass and picks up some 

 insect. Is it Grasshoppers he is after? Pheasants and Partridges 

 are being reared hereabouts. What a business it is, and although 



