. Pictures of bird life : on woodland meadow, mountain and marsh . )lack with hundreds of cattle drinking,for this is a famous grazing-ground for tlie bulls destinedfor the national sport of the bull-fight. In one place wesaw thousands of Sand-martins resting on their passage northsand several large flocks of Starlings were Buff-backed Heron {ArHca biibiilciis). Bird Life in the Spanish Marismas 293 On the niiiddy banks in the lower reaehes were nunieronsAvoeets, Curlews, Godwits, lledshanks. Grey IMovers. andother waders. These appeared to be mostly on passage ; foron one day a part
. Pictures of bird life : on woodland meadow, mountain and marsh . )lack with hundreds of cattle drinking,for this is a famous grazing-ground for tlie bulls destinedfor the national sport of the bull-fight. In one place wesaw thousands of Sand-martins resting on their passage northsand several large flocks of Starlings were Buff-backed Heron {ArHca biibiilciis). Bird Life in the Spanish Marismas 293 On the niiiddy banks in the lower reaehes were nunieronsAvoeets, Curlews, Godwits, lledshanks. Grey IMovers. andother waders. These appeared to be mostly on passage ; foron one day a partieular species may be very ])r()minent. andon the next there will be none of it to be seen, and someother will be equally numerous. Flying past were Pratincolesand AVhiskered Terns, with Marsh and ^Montagues Harriersand numerous Kites. AVhere the river narrowed as we ad-vanced farther up, tlie Ijanks were covered with thick reed-beds, from which c^une the well-known harsh and gratingsono of the Great Reed-warblers ; while from the busheswe heard a strange and unfamiliar song, which, while itreminded us of the Nightingale, was e\-idently from some otherand unknown musician. At last we reached our destination, and moored in mid-stream near to several Enghsh cargo-steamers. Seville and its attractions I must leave to abler pens
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