. Pictures of bird life : on woodland meadow, mountain and marsh . )eared to l)e a hirge slieet of water ;aiul wc soon foiiiul ourselves staiidino- on tlie shores of a^ ast iiihuul hike, dixided at the lioiizon from tlie sk\ by h)\vpine-trees. Ilie nearer sliores were aH\ e with Hocks of biidsbusily feedino-, the Dunlins esj^eeially almost re^j^ardless of ourpresence as they ran about over the nuid and ex])l()red all the. Little Egrets (Ardca gcii-clia) in JNesting Colony. little creeks. CTodwits and lar(>er birds waded in the farthershallows, Mliile (tuUs and Terns flew overhead ; but the
. Pictures of bird life : on woodland meadow, mountain and marsh . )eared to l)e a hirge slieet of water ;aiul wc soon foiiiul ourselves staiidino- on tlie shores of a^ ast iiihuul hike, dixided at the lioiizon from tlie sk\ by h)\vpine-trees. Ilie nearer sliores were aH\ e with Hocks of biidsbusily feedino-, the Dunlins esj^eeially almost re^j^ardless of ourpresence as they ran about over the nuid and ex])l()red all the. Little Egrets (Ardca gcii-clia) in JNesting Colony. little creeks. CTodwits and lar(>er birds waded in the farthershallows, Mliile (tuUs and Terns flew overhead ; but the chiefinterest was centred on the Flamingoes, which stood in Ionlines along the farther shore exactly like regiments of it was realised that we were really in the marismawhich we had come to see, and that all we had read and heardabout the wealth of bird life was more than true. 286 Pictures of Bird Life The scene was one full of interest and animation, and Ienjoyed it to tlie utmost. I was soon hard at work, and foundthat after a while the birds were too busy to take much notice ofme crouching behind the camera enveloped in my green weather, howe^er, got so bad, and the wind and rain soheavy, that it was impossible to work, and we retm-ned to ourship in a rough kind of punt, exceedingly leaky and rickety,pulled by two natives, arriving in a very dripping condition. On board we foimd a Span
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