. Nature and sport in Britain . t for a brief visit in theautumn, and may be noted by the observant eye. Theybelong to the great family of Scolopacidce, or snipes,but have some of the characteristics of the toes are lobed, and they are capital phalarope females are larger and more brightlycoloured than the males, and appear in the breedingseason to assume the principal share of the courtingoperations, even to the persecution of the at first sightindifferent male. During the winter they migrate asfar south as India, Australia, and the coast of SouthAmerica—a distant pilg
. Nature and sport in Britain . t for a brief visit in theautumn, and may be noted by the observant eye. Theybelong to the great family of Scolopacidce, or snipes,but have some of the characteristics of the toes are lobed, and they are capital phalarope females are larger and more brightlycoloured than the males, and appear in the breedingseason to assume the principal share of the courtingoperations, even to the persecution of the at first sightindifferent male. During the winter they migrate asfar south as India, Australia, and the coast of SouthAmerica—a distant pilgrimage truly ! We had reached the shingly ridge of a certain quietstretch of Sussex shoreland on a fine, clear Septemberday. There was a fresh breeze from the west; theblue sky was chequered with light clouds, whose darkshadows cast fleeting yet lovely patches of violet andpurple upon the sea before us. The tide was justgoing out and the band of brown sand graduallybroadened, wet and gleaming at our feet, as the sea fell. 288.
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