. A bird collector's medley. Birds. THE CRUMBLES. 95 the pools. We were lucky, too, in unearthing a young Lapwing, which feigned injury, and two j-oung Ringed Plover, whose mother went through a performance that was new to both of us. She flew at a sloping bank of shingle just beyond the nestlings, and clung on to it with wings spread somewhat after the manner of a Woodpecker; it was an original, and certainly an effective, way of distracting our attention from the young birds. But the bonne bonche was yet to come. Returning towards the marsh, we espied a small Wader, which I supposed at first
. A bird collector's medley. Birds. THE CRUMBLES. 95 the pools. We were lucky, too, in unearthing a young Lapwing, which feigned injury, and two j-oung Ringed Plover, whose mother went through a performance that was new to both of us. She flew at a sloping bank of shingle just beyond the nestlings, and clung on to it with wings spread somewhat after the manner of a Woodpecker; it was an original, and certainly an effective, way of distracting our attention from the young birds. But the bonne bonche was yet to come. Returning towards the marsh, we espied a small Wader, which I supposed at first to be a Little Stint,. THE CRUN ,E PONDS. a bird which is regularly to be found there in the autumn. It pri)\x-d, however, to be a Temminck, for we not onl)- got a clear view of its colour, but when it got up it uttered the unmistakable trill which is always attributed to this bird in the books. Turning for a moment to the smaller birds, Streeten and I once identified a Bluethroat in September, and I have twice shot Blue-headed Wagtails from the fiocks-of the commoner species; but in dealing with the Warblers one is at a serious disadvantage, for disadvantages the Crumbles have; firstly, in the matter of the walking, which is over loose shingle; secondly, in the multitude of blackberries on the bushes. Blackberries mean blackberry-gatherers, and this, too, at the time of the autumnal migration; and believing, as I do, in the principle of not bringing home anything larger than one can conveniently carry, I. 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 Arnold, E. C. London [Eng. ] : West Newman & Co.
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