. Birds and the war . Plate 12.— A landscape of shattered trees and the ground so torn up by shellsthat there scarcely remained a single blade of grass (p. 102).. Plate 13.—To go up the communication trenches is like a ramble down a country lane (p. 102) [8i Effect of Air-raids and Air-craft some occasions the birds curiosity seems tohave been aroused rather than their fear,and a flock of Black-headed Gulls, inPerthshire, were seen to pursue three hydro-planes (Scottish Naturalist, 1916, p. 66). Onthe approach of an aeroplane after dark to afir wood, it was noticed that the Wood-pigeons, which
. Birds and the war . Plate 12.— A landscape of shattered trees and the ground so torn up by shellsthat there scarcely remained a single blade of grass (p. 102).. Plate 13.—To go up the communication trenches is like a ramble down a country lane (p. 102) [8i Effect of Air-raids and Air-craft some occasions the birds curiosity seems tohave been aroused rather than their fear,and a flock of Black-headed Gulls, inPerthshire, were seen to pursue three hydro-planes (Scottish Naturalist, 1916, p. 66). Onthe approach of an aeroplane after dark to afir wood, it was noticed that the Wood-pigeons, which had come in to roost, rose ina mass and fluttered noisily round and round,Pheasants crowed and flew to and fro, andall the small birds twittered and called. AWhitethroat and a Willow Warbler be-gan snatches of song and broke off abruptly;only a Long-eared Owl sat tight and showedno fear (Bird Notes and News, vol. vi. p. 103).A bird-lover who lives in Kensington PalaceGreen tells me that the birds were verymuch alarmed by the earlier raids. Sparrowsand Owls became restless about an hour orthirty minutes beforehand. A Green Par-rot shrieked repeatedly. On
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