. Bird-life of the borders, records of wild sport and natural history on moorland and sea. Birds -- Great Britain. BIRD-LIFE ON THE MOORS IN MAY. 43 The trout which have been taking freely these last few days, have suddenly changed this morning, and jump and roll over the flies without taking them. Later in the after- noon a severe thunderstorm, with heavy rain, came on. The effect of thunder on trout is curiously uncertain ; but it undoubtedly causes them, in many cases, to cease feeding on the surface. On the 24th I was fishing one of the best streams in Northumberland : the water was in per
. Bird-life of the borders, records of wild sport and natural history on moorland and sea. Birds -- Great Britain. BIRD-LIFE ON THE MOORS IN MAY. 43 The trout which have been taking freely these last few days, have suddenly changed this morning, and jump and roll over the flies without taking them. Later in the after- noon a severe thunderstorm, with heavy rain, came on. The effect of thunder on trout is curiously uncertain ; but it undoubtedly causes them, in many cases, to cease feeding on the surface. On the 24th I was fishing one of the best streams in Northumberland : the water was in perfect order, brown as porter, and with just enough of flood. Yet the trout took extremely shyly—considering the season, and the per- fect state of the water, quite unaccountably so; except that all day long there was a frequent, though very distant, rumble of thunder in the air, and this I suppose explained their unusual VANQUISHED. The Pied Flj-catcher should probably be considered rather as a local species than a very rare one in the north of England. Yet, though it has certain nesting haunts both in Durham and Northumberland, I never happened to see it in either county till the year 1885. The first occurrence was at Silksworth, co. Durham—a single adult male on May 7th (we had a slight covering of snow on the following day). The Migration Report of the British Association recorded an influx of these at the Spurn about May 5th, coinciding with the above observation. Later in the month I observed at least one pair evidently nesting in the beautiful woods. 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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