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The evening films began to make nebulous pictures of the valleys, but the high lands still were raked by the declining rays of the winter sun, which glanced on Clym as he walked forward, eyed by every rabbit and field-fare around, a long shadow advancing in front of him.
Great bustard Stone curlew Big hawks Former abundance of the raven Dogs fed on carrion Ravens fighting Ravens' breeding-places in Wilts Great Ridge Wood ravens Field-fare breeding in Wilts Pewit Mistle-thrush Magpie and turtledove Gamekeepers and magpies Rooks and farmers Starling, the shepherd's favourite bird Sparrowhawk and "brown thrush"
Thus, the field-fare is an exceedingly shy bird in England, but when he returns to the north if his breeding place is in some inhabited district in northern Sweden or Norway he loses all his wildness and builds his nest quite close to the houses. My friend Trevor Battye saw a pair busy making their nest in a small birch within a few yards of the front door of a house he was staying at.
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