. Bird notes . THE RAVENS HAUNT, Photo by Dr. W. 229 such restrictions as were imposed by care for growing crops, for there isnothing in the way of game preserving carried on, in the sense in which itis understood in the Southern Counties, and very little game to disturb. The weather had been very dry and fine for some weeks prior to myarrival, and on the day of my journey (June 13th), although it was rainingall the way as we passed through the Midlands, and had been rainingheavily on the hills between Yorkshire and Westmorland, I found, ongetting down into the Eden Valley, that ve
. Bird notes . THE RAVENS HAUNT, Photo by Dr. W. 229 such restrictions as were imposed by care for growing crops, for there isnothing in the way of game preserving carried on, in the sense in which itis understood in the Southern Counties, and very little game to disturb. The weather had been very dry and fine for some weeks prior to myarrival, and on the day of my journey (June 13th), although it was rainingall the way as we passed through the Midlands, and had been rainingheavily on the hills between Yorkshire and Westmorland, I found, ongetting down into the Eden Valley, that very little rain had fallen there,and the country was suffering rather from the lack of it. On the drive from the Station I soon had evidence of Ornithologicalpleasures to come, for in passing a patch of heather covered moor, bothPeewits and Curlews made themselves conspicuous, birds of each speciesflying round us and making their wild cries. Few sounds produced bybirds delight me more than the peculiar sounds made by Curlews, as theyare not only—to my ear
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