he birds will be gone before he catches sight of them. When onthe moors they are scattered about, but on the sea-shore they form themselvesinto flocks, and may be seen following each other in a long line as they wade THE CURLEW. 207 about on the sand, picking up crabs and worms. The mother bird is… … THE CURLEW. at it in its every-day life is to give a sketch of some wild waste or sandypasture, near the sea, and that is sometimes covered with the tide, and thenleft bare. Here are gulls flying about with their silvery plumage, and cormorants 2o8 STOJ^IES ABOUT BIRDS. far out at sea, busily…
Birds -- Juvenile literature
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