. Field observations on British birds . whereas in the Hebrides I lived for two monthsin close contact with three different species of Geese, the Grey-lag,the White-front, and the Barnacle. To them I practically gave upthe whole of my time, watching them from sunrise to sunset, andendeavouring to outwit them. One almost always saw thesedifferent species each day, and sometimes shot examples of did shoot a fourth species of Goose on this island, the Brent, asingle example only, but they are very rare in South Uist, and myknowledge of the Brent is chiefly derived from the eastern counties
. Field observations on British birds . whereas in the Hebrides I lived for two monthsin close contact with three different species of Geese, the Grey-lag,the White-front, and the Barnacle. To them I practically gave upthe whole of my time, watching them from sunrise to sunset, andendeavouring to outwit them. One almost always saw thesedifferent species each day, and sometimes shot examples of did shoot a fourth species of Goose on this island, the Brent, asingle example only, but they are very rare in South Uist, and myknowledge of the Brent is chiefly derived from the eastern countiesof England. The shooting I am referring to is rather peculiar in character,and as the Geese were curiouslv local in their distribution, I must askyou to allow me to spend a moment in describing the topography. The goose-ground consists of a long and rather narrow strip,perhaps six miles in length by one-and-a-half to two miles in width,bounded to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the east by the main RuAK Ardmtiichfil T1 H I Cx H Moor. Arnaval 851 H I & H Moor K 600 ScoiU of r^ilca. MAP C. THE G(X)SE-GROUNDS, Wild Geese i75 road of the island, running through from south to north. On theeastern side of the road the ground rises suddenly to heather-covered hills of variable but considerable height (200 to 1,000 feetand more). This is what I call the never-never land. These hillsare the mountain fastnesses of the two grey species, and to them theyretire whenever their nerves are shattered b}- attacks from the thev were quite unapproachable, but the better feeding on thelow ground generally caused their return sooner or later, and almostalways before dusk, for their evening meal. Between the main road and the sea, there were two quite distinctgrounds, separated from each other by a long and almost continuouschain of fresh-water lochs (in fact they icere continuous during mystav owing to the heavy rainfall and consequent floods). Theeastern portion co
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