. Pictures of bird life : on woodland meadow, mountain and marsh . n the beautiful public gardens on the south side weremany familiar English birds, whose notes came at first asa surprise from amid the luxuriant tangle of semi-tropicalfoliage—from date-palms, oranges, ])ananas, pepper-trees, andmany others, festooned witli strange climbing plants, whosebrilliant flowers fill the air with sweet perfume and attractnumbers of butterflies. From the parade-ground above these gardens tlie greatbare Rock rears its imposing height from tlie belt of pinesand low brushwood wliich clothes the lower slope
. Pictures of bird life : on woodland meadow, mountain and marsh . n the beautiful public gardens on the south side weremany familiar English birds, whose notes came at first asa surprise from amid the luxuriant tangle of semi-tropicalfoliage—from date-palms, oranges, ])ananas, pepper-trees, andmany others, festooned witli strange climbing plants, whosebrilliant flowers fill the air with sweet perfume and attractnumbers of butterflies. From the parade-ground above these gardens tlie greatbare Rock rears its imposing height from tlie belt of pinesand low brushwood wliich clothes the lower slopes. Below Bird Life in the Spanish Marismas 275 lie at uiKhor tlie stately warships and large passenger-steamers, which are ever arriving and departing ; and acrossthe narrow straits can be plainly seen Centa and the Africannionntains. Between the north front and the nentral gronnd thereis a wide moat, on which are numbers of Coots and JNlallards,feeding and swimming about in the most unconcerned mannerwitliin a few feet of the noisy and busy traffic constantly. Grey 1-i,cjvi;ks iSijaatniold lnii€iiai). passing along the dusty roads leading to the Spanish so tame, these are perfectly wild birds, free to comeand go as they like ; and they may be seen towards e\eningflying in from seawards, and, after wheeling round, pitchingdown on the water. It was reported in the hotel that an Egyptian ^^llturewas in the habit of daily ^•isiting the officers mess of theSouth Wales Borderers, where food was regularly provided 276 Pictures of Bird Life for it. Not lui\ing the necessary permit to pliot()<4Taj)li fromthe mihtary authorities, I arranged to oo up Avitli the localphotographer, as he had a commission for some work there,and, passing myself off as liis assistant, intended to devotemyself to the \ultine. I^nfortunately he was prevented fromgoing, and the opportunity was missed. The fact is, the ordinary civilian in (ribraltar, especiallywhen making a short and tempo
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