. Bird lore . lurks beneath the grasses. Herethey come, skimming, almost touching, the spartina, pass by, andspeed onward until lost to sight for a few moments, when all atonce a great cloud of moving specks is visible in the distantsky. The specks are Swallows, and the cloud has life; it moves, itrolls, it swells, it comes, it breaks and, like a torrent of wing-bornearrows, darts upon us, scattering and spreading out, as it descendsfor another wild dash low over the spartina. The same wonderful maneuvers- repeat themselves as long asthe evening twilight lasts, and, though with each descent th
. Bird lore . lurks beneath the grasses. Herethey come, skimming, almost touching, the spartina, pass by, andspeed onward until lost to sight for a few moments, when all atonce a great cloud of moving specks is visible in the distantsky. The specks are Swallows, and the cloud has life; it moves, itrolls, it swells, it comes, it breaks and, like a torrent of wing-bornearrows, darts upon us, scattering and spreading out, as it descendsfor another wild dash low over the spartina. The same wonderful maneuvers- repeat themselves as long asthe evening twilight lasts, and, though with each descent the clo^ddoes shrink in size, it does not cease to rise again until black nighthas fully settled down, and even after dark small droves of be-wildered birds rush madly by our side. Being well within the rangeof the now settled birds, we cannot go away without disturbing somein their repose; although they are dispersed over a large area, everynow and then one will be seen to scamper out and vanish in YOUNG EUROPEAN MARTINS AND NESTPhotographed from nature by C. R.
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