. Woodland, field and shore : wild nature depicted with pen and camera . e of many variedand charming growths ; and each new object or birdssong appeals to one, until we are, as it were, trans-fixed, It is hard to leave such a scene, so deeplyenchanting are its ever-fresh and ever-varyingcharacteristics. On grass stems Whinchats swing to and fro and 234 WOODLAND, FIELD, AND SHORE cry titick-iitick : in the oak a merry Chiff-chaff calls ;and Cuckoos cry from the orchard. A blue butterflysettles on a flower to bathe its azure wings in the sunshine; a whitecloud floats be-fore the sun, andshadows
. Woodland, field and shore : wild nature depicted with pen and camera . e of many variedand charming growths ; and each new object or birdssong appeals to one, until we are, as it were, trans-fixed, It is hard to leave such a scene, so deeplyenchanting are its ever-fresh and ever-varyingcharacteristics. On grass stems Whinchats swing to and fro and 234 WOODLAND, FIELD, AND SHORE cry titick-iitick : in the oak a merry Chiff-chaff calls ;and Cuckoos cry from the orchard. A blue butterflysettles on a flower to bathe its azure wings in the sunshine; a whitecloud floats be-fore the sun, andshadows fall fora moment onthe meadow; thebutterfly closesits wings, andbecomes so likeits surroundingsthat it is almostlost sight a tiny thingthis butterfly is,and yet howperfectly formedand marked! Al-though so small,it enjoys thesuns warmth;its wings are nowquickly opened again, and it floats away, happy andfree amongst its own lovely world of scented hasten past ; one stops, returns, thensettles on a buttercup ; and, while extracting the sweet. NEST OF BULLFINCH. BUTTERCUP MEADOW 235 pollen from the flower, the stem bends, and he tumblesinto the tangled grass ; humming loudly, he extractshimself and flies away. Gaily-coloured beetles crossthe path, and are lost to sight in the thick the hedgerow a Greenfinch has called manytimes, and now he is feeding in the meadow. The
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