. Birds of the water, wood & waste . ver almost is he to be found at rest,for even perched on a bough, he cannotremain quite still, but will sidle along itslength, jumping from side to side droopinghis wings to their full stretch, or trailingand scraping them like a gobbling Bubbly-jock. The little bird never remains for any-time in the air, always after an instant ortwo alighting, before again he flutters , however, of so mercurial atemperament and though so peculiarly abird of the air, sometimes he is still andsometimes his little claws touch he takes small account
. Birds of the water, wood & waste . ver almost is he to be found at rest,for even perched on a bough, he cannotremain quite still, but will sidle along itslength, jumping from side to side droopinghis wings to their full stretch, or trailingand scraping them like a gobbling Bubbly-jock. The little bird never remains for any-time in the air, always after an instant ortwo alighting, before again he flutters , however, of so mercurial atemperament and though so peculiarly abird of the air, sometimes he is still andsometimes his little claws touch he takes small account of strangersnear his nest, yet on occasion I have seenhim still as a statue, crouched up andglowering almost as if prepared to dashforth in defence. Then in late springsometimes I have watched him on theground, hopping about and feeding on alittle moth sheltering among the witheredfronds of water polypod. Often it is asheltered glade that holds him, where thewind hardly blows, where shadows havetheir edges soft, and grasses droop at.
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