. Woodland, field and shore : wild nature depicted with pen and camera . tters the smaller bird, uttering plaintive cries,and when I reach the site she too flies away. Therewere two broken eggs, another was smashed, one lay BUTTERCUP MEx^DOW 239 outside, the other was gone. The Lark above hasstopped singing. Descending quickly, he settles inanother part of the meadow, his sorrowful mate flyingthence to join him. I return still to rest among the rest on flower stalks, and Swallows sailoverhead. Butterflies flit about, and humble-beesbuzz past. The Kingfishers return and dar
. Woodland, field and shore : wild nature depicted with pen and camera . tters the smaller bird, uttering plaintive cries,and when I reach the site she too flies away. Therewere two broken eggs, another was smashed, one lay BUTTERCUP MEx^DOW 239 outside, the other was gone. The Lark above hasstopped singing. Descending quickly, he settles inanother part of the meadow, his sorrowful mate flyingthence to join him. I return still to rest among the rest on flower stalks, and Swallows sailoverhead. Butterflies flit about, and humble-beesbuzz past. The Kingfishers return and dart downthe stream ; their gay colours look more sombre thanbefore. Finches call and twitter ; Willow-Wrensutter their undulating notes ; but it seems as thoughsadness now enters into their songs. Was it fancy,or do the birds also know that, amid all this springsunshine in Buttercup Meadow, there had comegloom ; for a pair of its most gay and hopeful inhabi-tants were distressed by the spoliation of their littlehome by an enemy which haunted the foliage and theflowers ?. STAG BEETLE. xvn A Suburban Park BIRDS very readily discover places where theyare protected. In one or two instances whichhave come under my notice, a surprising and variednumber of species have taken up their abode in suchfavoured spots. Although the birds in our suburbanpark were, strictly speaking, not really protected,no one was allowed to molest them to any greatextent, which amounted to much the same thingas protection. The Park itself consists of what may be describedas an extensive field, surrounded by a fringe ofornamental trees. A border of thick bushes grewat their base, and then there was a high untrimmedhedge. Inside this wide circle one was completelyshut off from the outside world—the border being sodense that nothing of the woods and fields beyondcould be seen. A stream ran through the park,dividing the greensward into two fields in whichsheep and cattle were contentedly grazing. One or A SUBURB
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