. Birds, beasts and fishes of the Norfolk broadland . ating—eat like a pheasant. Irecollect onest one came to meet me with all his bristlesset up and eyes open, and I knocked him over with a wonderful tame things—not shy like a harnsee—a dorg will take em, but he must look out for his allust go straight for your eyes. They live chieflyon eels, but they go walking about the land hunting forworrams. You can allust tell the hen bud, she be larger northe cock. They are wonderful fond of sharp frosty only bump in spring-time. I never heard more thanfour bumps at a t
. Birds, beasts and fishes of the Norfolk broadland . ating—eat like a pheasant. Irecollect onest one came to meet me with all his bristlesset up and eyes open, and I knocked him over with a wonderful tame things—not shy like a harnsee—a dorg will take em, but he must look out for his allust go straight for your eyes. They live chieflyon eels, but they go walking about the land hunting forworrams. You can allust tell the hen bud, she be larger northe cock. They are wonderful fond of sharp frosty only bump in spring-time. I never heard more thanfour bumps at a time—three loud bumps, and the fourthsoft. That is done by putting their heads inter water. That were many years ago : I found their eggs. Therewas a reed bush in Catfield fens, and I went inter it andfound tree buttles nests there. He has never found any since, but thinks a good manyhave^nested in the Broadland, but cannot be found. Thelittle bittern I have only seen in glassen boxes, as theBroadsmen contemptuously call the set-up COMMON BITTERN. CHAPTER LXVII THE STORK, SPOONBILL, AND SHELDUCK The stork is a legend of the Broadland to most men, foron all sides old gunners and marshmen tell you such thingsas follow:— I seed one many year ago a-setting on rush-hills. And another :— One set on one of the posts in the broad, and Olfredwent ter get his gun, but that was gone afore he come back. And a third :— One was about the marshes here for a long time ; peopleseed him feeding on pike, and they went to Mr. Booth, andhe come and shot him. And Mr. Booths book corroborates this statement. The last I heard of as seen in the Broadlands was in thespring of 1889, but never a stork have I seen. I can onl}^say there is plenty of evidence that at rare intervals they areseen about the district, but to most they are as legendary asthe phoenix. The Spoonbill. A rare visitor passing through the Broadland is thespoonbill. The last I heard of was on Breydon in 1892. Bu
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