. Bird-life of the borders on moorland and sea, with faunal notes extending over forty years. MOORLAND BIRDS IN AUGUST 175 burns with their merry song-. The average date for their withdrawal is August 25th, after giving us just four months of their delightful The curlew and golden plover have also gone, though it is true that a few belated individuals still linger. In wet seasons, curlews and plovers continue frequenting the lower- lying pastures and boggy haughs, as well as the broad gravel-beds on riversides. One sometimes kills a late- hatched young curlew on the upper moors — oft
. Bird-life of the borders on moorland and sea, with faunal notes extending over forty years. MOORLAND BIRDS IN AUGUST 175 burns with their merry song-. The average date for their withdrawal is August 25th, after giving us just four months of their delightful The curlew and golden plover have also gone, though it is true that a few belated individuals still linger. In wet seasons, curlews and plovers continue frequenting the lower- lying pastures and boggy haughs, as well as the broad gravel-beds on riversides. One sometimes kills a late- hatched young curlew on the upper moors — often to. Curlew (Alarmed) a point-shot, for they lie close in heather or rush; and, occasionally, after a "rode" of perhaps 50 or 100 yards before the dogs. It naturally takes one by surprise when a curlew springs before one under such circumstances. The golden plovers too—that is, the vast majority of them—have departed for the south long before the 1 The above date applies to birds which have spent the summer here. Later in this book will be found records of sandpipers still occurring up to the very middle of September. These are, beyond all doubt, birds in through-transit from further Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Chapman, Abel, 1851-1929. London, Gurney and Jackson
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