| 单词 | moorhen |
| 例句 | I saw water birds, moorhens, kingfishers, and swans. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Amid the lily ponds, he would record and draw bird species, including rails and moorhens. A special reunion at the National Arboretum 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Cries like those of doves, cuckoos, green pigeons, parrots, bees, moorhens, geese, ducks and quails are important options for use in moaning.” Books of The Times: The Kama Sutra, Newly Translated 2012-01-31T17:03:33Z It was a Hawaiian stilt, which like the duck, moorhen and coot, is a federally endangered species. The U.S. Issue:?Explorer: An Eden for Rare Birds in Hawaii 2011-05-13T20:14:41Z At first his only companions are the coots, moorhens and tiresomely symbolic swans of the polluted river. First fiction 2010-10-01T23:15:00Z I distinctly remember him showing me great crested grebes, coots and moorhens; birds that stir and linger in my memory to this day. After a breakdown, birdwatching brought me friendship, escape and a new love of nature 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z “Of the about 2,000 Hawaiian moorhens left, maybe 500 are in here,” Mr. Berg said. The U.S. Issue:?Explorer: An Eden for Rare Birds in Hawaii 2011-05-13T20:14:41Z Around 200 Gough buntings and Gough moorhens will be taken into temporary captivity to reduce the risk of them accidentally eating the poison. Should we cull one species to save another? 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z Coots, which are close relatives of the moorhen, are protected under wildlife laws, making it illegal to disturb them while nesting. Nesting bird 'costs ride operator thousands' 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z Some Gough moorhens, the only bird judged at risk from the poison, will be taken into captivity during the operation as a precaution. Cull invasive mammals to save island species, experts urge 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z In another part of the zoo, a chimpanzee captures a moorhen chick and handlers negotiate its release. Saturday's TV highlights and weekend talk shows: 'Lynyrd Skynyrd: If I Leave Here Tomorrow' on Showtime 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Coots, swamphens, moorhens, gallinules and a great many others belong to this group. The Enigma of Leguatia, 6-Foot-Tall Mauritian Super-Rail 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z Hunting season also begins Thursday for other migratory species, including early goose, Virginia and sora rails, common snipe and common gallinules, also known as moorhens. Early teal hunting season begins Thursday in Michigan 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Hunting season also starts Tuesday for some other migratory bird species, including early goose, Virginia and sora rail, common snipe and moorhen. Hunting season for teal begins Tuesday in Michigan 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z Ducks vie with geese, swans, moorhens, sometimes gulls, for their fill. The perils of feeding bread to ducks 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z They had no other food but the eggs of wild ducks and moorhens, and whatever they might find in the nests of the marsh-birds that they lived upon. Tales From J?kai 2011-09-02T02:00:19.183Z They set to work now to make some tea and roast the moorhens, having determined to have tea and supper together. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z This continued for some few minutes, when I shot at the spot, and immediately a moorhen rose to the surface. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z While we were going by the pond, in the lower meadow, a moorhen scuttled to her nest in the tangle on the bank. My Little Sister 2011-05-27T02:00:14.023Z Wind blows and bleaches the strong grass, Blown all one way to shelter it From trample of strayed kine, with feet Felt heavier than the moorhen was, Strayed up past patches of wild wheat. Poems & Ballads (First Series) 2011-02-28T03:00:30.587Z He dashed into the pond, disturbed the life out of the tiny moorhens, and, worse still, sent scurrying into the air about a dozen tame wild duck. Over Here Impressions of America by a British officer 2011-01-30T03:00:16.597Z It was some time before they could get the excited spaniel on board; so soon as they could, Bevis poled the raft along to Bamboo Island, where several coots and moorhens had taken refuge. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The moorhens cannot get at the water; neither can the herons or kingfishers. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z From time to time a moorhen scuttered along the surface of the pond, and the smell of night-flowering tobacco floated into the quiet room. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z The game birds consist of grouse, blackcock, moorhen, quail and partridge. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Trewhella laughed loudly, and a moorhen waking in sudden panic rose with a shrill cry from a belt of rushes. Carnival Once on the island, as the perch were cooking, the game was spread out on the table—three moorhens, a coot, a dab-chick, a wood-pigeon, a hare, and the jack Mark had caught. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z If the weather is severe, the moorhen will come up from the brook, though two fields distant, in the night, and the marks of her feet may be traced round the house. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Suddenly, as they do, the trout had ceased to rise, and a single short squawk came from the moorhens' nest. The Tower of Oblivion 2010-12-20T17:11:53.787Z There, too, a moorhen goes, sometimes diving under the bough. The Hills and the Vale There are numerous species in these sheltered channels, inlets and sounds of geese, ducks, swans, cormorants, ibises, bitterns, red-beaks, curlew, snipe, plover and moorhens. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" Pan was by his side in a minute; he had heard the splash, and seen the young moorhens, and with a whine, as Mark kicked him—unable to hold him any longer—he rushed across. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z I have seen coots, and moorhens too, venture some distance up the dark arch of a culvert. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Seeing a moorhen dive, he would call the dogs around him, so that they might bring the bird again to the surface and thus afford him sport. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain The cows swish their tails beneath them on hot afternoons; they paint rivers so green that when a moorhen dives one expects to see its feathers all green when it comes up again. Monday or Tuesday There were plenty of robins’ and thrushes’ and blackbirds’, and all the common varieties, but so far not a solitary specimen of a moorhen’s egg. The Madcap of the School The moorhens did not appear again, so they went back and sat on the top of the steep bank, their legs dangling over the edge above the bubbling water. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The dabchick, a slender bird, haunts the pond here too, diving even more quickly than the moorhen. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The moorhen, meanwhile, invariably escaped; yet Bob failed to understand that he was the only diver in the pack. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain To the right was a mill, with a great pond thick with bulrushes and water-lilies, full of water-birds, coots and moorhens, which swam about, uttering plaintive cries. Beside Still Waters It held four browny-speckled eggs, and an agitated moorhen, seeking cover among the reeds, gave the clue to their parentage. The Madcap of the School It was made of rushes, twined round like a wreath, or perhaps more like a large green turban, and there were three or four young moorhens in it. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Here in the long grass and rushes growing luxuriantly between the underwood lurk the moorhens, building their nests on bunches of rushes against the bank and almost level with the water. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Among the flags and the rushes of the pond, a pair of fussy moorhens built their nest on an islet of decayed vegetation clustered round a stone. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain Coot and moorhens paddle in and out of the reeds, and great grebes float leisurely about its surface. Highways and Byways in Surrey The girls were naturalists enough to remove their tree-trunk from the island, lest it should tempt marauding boys to go across and discover the moorhen’s nest. The Madcap of the School But by the time Mark had got there the little moorhens had hidden in the grasses beside the stream, though one swam out for a minute, and then concealed itself again. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z I have shot at these great rascals when they have been swimming fifty yards from shore, and I strongly suspect them of visiting the nests of moorhens and other waterfowl with felonious purposes. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The moorhen called again from the reeds near the ford, then flew away over the fire-flushed river and disappeared into the gloom; and a water-vole dropped with a gentle plash into the pool. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain You can count thirty or forty coots, besides moorhens and a dozen dabchicks or so, and at the end where the mill stands there are fat duck and a bevy of swans. Highways and Byways in Surrey They had indeed robbed the poor moorhen at the very moment when her chicks were in the process of hatching. The Madcap of the School “But there are no cats on the island, and, besides, cats would not take bacon when there were the two moorhens on the shelf.” Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z When alarmed, after diving, the moorhen does not always come right up to the surface, but merely protrudes its head to breathe. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The gurgling call of a moorhen, mingling with the ripple of the stream over the ford, came from the reeds at a distant bend of the river. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain A damp, rheumatic place, she said to herself, although she loved the river; and its backwaters, full of wild duck and dabchick and the moorhens, were enchanting places. Love of Brothers She decided to go halves, to take two and leave two in the nest to console the moorhen when she came back. The Madcap of the School A moorhen swam, and her imago followed beneath, unbroken, so gently did she part the water that no ripple confused it. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Till the moorhen calls Again Naught's to be done By birds or men. Poems But as the night drew on, a moorhen ventured from the shelter of the alders, and, like a tiny, buoyant boat, launched out into the pool. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain There are bears, wolves, jackals, wild boars, deer, chamois; and all kinds of birds, such as eagles, falcons, bustards, wild geese, pheasants, partridges, woodcock, snipe, and moorhen. Bulgaria Why, that looks like wagging your tail like a moorhen. The Ocean Cat's Paw The Story of a Strange Cruise Two minutes more and Pan drove a coot out, then a young duck rose and flew some distance, then a dab-chick rushed out and dived instantaneously, then still more moorhens, and coots. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z It’s got a white shield on the top of its head, and the moorhen’s got a red one like sealing-wax. Burr Junior In her eagerness, she lifted herself slightly at the edge of the bank, missed her footing, and fell into the pond, not more than two or three feet from the moorhen. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain The nightingales sang, the thrushes flew out before them, the wild duck and moorhen glanced on the pools. The Armourer's Prentices Dabchicks, moorhens, and coots, fly erect, with their legs hanging down, and hardly make any despatch. The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 At the report they heard water-fowl scuttling away, and running to the spot Pan brought out two moorhens, one quite dead and the other wounded. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z For all of a sudden there was a rush and splash close to the reeds, and the moorhen and five young ones went through the water with a dash to hide among the reeds. Burr Junior The water-voles and the moorhens were unusually alert as they swam hither and thither in the little bays along the edge of the current. Creatures of the Night A Book of Wild Life in Western Britain The sedges, into which two or three moorhens had retired at my approach, were still, and the leaves on the boughs overhanging the water were motionless. Round About a Great Estate Professor Lloyd Morgan was foster-parent to two moorhens which grew up in isolation from their kindred. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told The force of his fall carried him under water, but he rose directly and brought the moorhen back to them. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z A jack—a pike—a big fish—took one of the young moorhens for his dinner.” Burr Junior Carefully looking over that side again, the moorhen who had been out rushed back; the water-rat was gone. Nature Near London Three moorhens were also caught; a fourth was only held by its claw in the gin; this one, not being in the least injured, he let go again. Round About a Great Estate In a moment the moorhen dived, disappeared from view, and soon partially reappeared, his head just peeping above the water beneath the overhanging bank. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told Bevis dragged him on board—the moorhen in his mouth—by the neck, for he could not climb over the bulwarks from the water. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The moorhens had forsaken the ruffled water of the ponds and sought shelter among the withered sedge. Prince Fortunatus The thrushes have not forgotten the frost of the morning, and will not sing at noon; the summer visitors have flown and the moorhens feed quietly. Nature Near London A moorhen ventures forth from under the arches, her favourite hiding-place, and feeds among the weeds by the shore, but at the least movement rushes back to shelter. Round About a Great Estate The moorhen has an hereditary or instinctive capacity for swimming and diving, but the latter is not so easily called into activity as the former. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told This happened, two moorhens came rushing out, one flew, the other swam as hastily as he could, and Mark shot the latter. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z At the sudden movement a pike struck, and two moorhens scuttled out of the water into the grass on the shore. After London Or, Wild England Just below the shadow of the beech there is a sandy, oozy shore, where the footprints of moorhens are often traceable. Nature Near London The moorhens were fond of this pond because it was surrounded with a great quantity of rushes; they were numerous all up the brook. Round About a Great Estate The particular moorhen in question had enjoyed about two months of swimming experience, which probably counted for something, but in the course of that experience nothing had pulled the trigger of the diving capacity. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told Mark aimed at one, but he was he thought not quite near enough: Bevis poled faster, when the moorhen at the splash began to rise, scuttling and dragging the long hanging legs along the surface. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z From the sedges came the curious cry of the moorhen; a bright kingfisher went by. After London Or, Wild England Among flags and weeds the moorhens feed fearlessly as we roll over the stream: then comes a cutting, and more heath and hawkweed, harebell, and bramble bushes red with unripe berries. Nature Near London At the entrance the bar of mud had hardly an inch of water; within there was a clear small space, and the rest all weeds, with moorhens' tracks. The Amateur Poacher On an eventful day the young moorhen saw and heard the dog; it was emotionally excited; it probably did to some extent intelligently appreciate a novel and meaningful situation. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told The moorhen doubled into the bamboos and sedges, but they were so thick they hindered her progress, and Pan snapped her up in a moment. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Coots and moorhens dived and hid in the reeds. After London Or, Wild England Directly afterwards a moorhen swam out, and began to search among the edge of the tangled weeds. Nature Near London It was easy to understand now why all the water-fowl, teal and duck, moorhen and snipe, seemed in winter to make in this direction. The Amateur Poacher Philemon found the rede was good, And, turning on the poor hen, He clapt his hands, and stamped, and shooed, Hunting the exile tow'rd the wood, To house with snipe and moorhen. The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell Mark had now shot three moorhens, a coot, and a dab-chick, but what pleased him most was the moorhen he had hit while flying, though but one shot had taken effect. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z If a moorhen or duck chanced to rub the reed, and but one drop stuck to its feathers, it forthwith died. After London Or, Wild England Penetrating the clear water, the light revealed the tiniest stone at the bottom: but there was no fish, no water-rat, or moorhen on this side. Nature Near London This place must be full of teal then; as for moorhens, there were signs of them everywhere, and several feeding in the grass. The Amateur Poacher When there are young ones about, moorhens will not dive to get out of your sight unless their children dive too. A Cotswold Village The tea was ready long before the moorhens, and by the time they had finished the moon was shining brightly, though there were some flecks of cloud. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Otters, kingfishers, dabchicks, moorhens, all of them about all day long and always wanting you to DO something—as if a fellow had no business of his own to attend to!' The Wind in the Willows By still ponds, to which the moorhens have now returned, tall spikes of purple loosestrife rise in bunches. Nature Near London Under the bushes in the distant nook the moorhen, reassured by the silence, came out from the grey-green grass and the rushes. The Amateur Poacher Here he loved to dwell, and hunt moorhens and dabchicks and water-rats all night long by the banks of silvery Coln. A Cotswold Village In a minute out came a moorhen, then another, and a third, scuttling over the surface with their legs hanging down. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The nightingales sang, the thrushes flew out before them, the wild duck and moorhen glanced on the pools. The Armourer's Prentices It is the sound of happy finches, of the slow buzz of humble-bees, of the occasional splash of a fish, or the call of a moorhen. Nature Near London The marsh is left to the coots and moorhens that from thence stock the brooks. The Amateur Poacher At the same moment that I startled this brood out of the rushes a moorhen swam slowly out, accompanied by her mate. A Cotswold Village The marks of moorhens’ feet were numerous on the shore and just under water, showing how calm it had been lately, for waves would have washed up the bottom and covered them. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Early next morning, accompanied by the village elder's son, and another peasant called Yegor, I set off in a little cart with a pair of peasant's horses, to shoot woodcocks and moorhens. The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories In October these ponds, now apparently deserted, will be full of moorhens. Nature Near London A moorhen then rose and scuttled down the brook, her legs dragging along the surface some distance before she could get up, and the sunshine sparkling on the water that dropped from her. The Amateur Poacher They love to prowl around on the chance of a dainty morsel, such as a fat duck or a semi-domestic moorhen. A Cotswold Village “No; Pan would have had the moorhens too, if it had been him.” Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z He seldom fired at a bird, for lack of powder and shot; but it was enough for him to decoy a moorhen or to detect the track of a grouse. The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories A few bunches of rushes and sedges, with some weeds and aquatic grasses, allowed to grow about a pond, will presently bring moorhens. Nature Near London This is the home of the dragon-flies, of the coots, whose white bald foreheads distinguish them at a distance, and of the moorhens. The Amateur Poacher Now, from the recesses of the overhanging boughs on the tiny island opposite, a moorhen swims forth, cackling and pecking at the water as she goes. A Cotswold Village Sometimes they approached the shore and saw several empty nests of moorhens and coots, but just above the level of the water. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z We came upon two coveys of moorhens also. The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories Consequently he is a real enemy to pheasants, wild ducks, plovers, moorhens, and other birds which lay in open places before there is cover. The Naturalist on the Thames Even now there is a narrow stream unfrozen; though the banks against which it chafes are hard, and will not take the impression of the moorhen's foot. The Amateur Poacher When I finally left this curious company—noisy boys, great yellow feather-footed fowls, dainty moorhen and vociferous jays—it was late, but another amusing experience was in store for me. A Traveller in Little Things It was too late now to cook the moorhens, and they resolved to be contented with rashers, and see if they could not get some more mushrooms. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Better still, by and by a couple of stray moorhens make their appearance in the pool—strange birds, coloured glossy olive-brown, slashed with white, with splendid scarlet and yellow beaks! A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs They swallow the frogs in situ, and carry the moorhen's eggs and mussels off to some adjacent post to eat them comfortably. The Naturalist on the Thames With the ducks come teal and widgeon and moorhen, till the swampy meadow resounds with their strange cries. The Amateur Poacher Not many yards from the noisy boys some fowls were picking about on the turf close to the pond; presently out of the rushes came a moorhen and joined them. A Traveller in Little Things When Bevis had entered the launching of the raft and the voyage to Serendib in the journal, they skinned the moorhens and prepared them for cooking. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z I was glad to observe a couple of those new colonists of the ornamental water, the dabchicks, and to renew my acquaintance with the familiar, long-established moorhens. Birds in Town and Village Mallard, teal, dabchicks, and moorhens breed there regularly, and in hard weather a number of rarer birds drop in. The Naturalist on the Thames In one hedge an opening leads to a drinking-place for cattle: peering noiselessly over the parapet between the boughs, the coots and moorhens may be seen there feeding by the shore. The Amateur Poacher Such a comparison would have been an insult to the moorhen. A Traveller in Little Things Mark had watched till two moorhens were near enough together, one he shot outright and Pan caught the other. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z She watched the wagtails strut magisterially, the moorhens with the worried air of overworked charwomen, all the mysterious evening life of a summer pool, but she had no smile for them to-day. Gone to Earth They are particularly fond of hunting down the sides of streams and canals in the early morning, where they find three dainties to which they are particularly partial,— moorhen's eggs, frogs, and fresh-water mussels. The Naturalist on the Thames The moorhens dive, and the coots scuttle down the brook towards the mere at the flash. The Amateur Poacher The "Buzzard lope" and the crane's stately stride are imitable by man, but not the moorhen's gait. A Traveller in Little Things He drove out a moorhen, but they did not shoot at it now, not daring to do so lest the beast should attack them before they could load again. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z We passed a low island, inhabited by thousands of flamingos, rose-coloured spoonbills, herons, and moorhens, which displayed plumage of the most various colours. Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 There was not much to be said for the otter's right to live; it was stealthy, cruel, and horribly destructive, killing many more fish and moorhens than it could eat. The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" Amongst these water-lilies a moorhen had built her nest, and presently she came clucking out right under Arthur's feet, followed by ten or a dozen little hurrying black balls, each tipped with sealing-wax red. Dawn There was colour even about the still pool, where the weeds grew so thickly that the moorhens could scarcely swim through them. The Open Air “Just at the edge of the water the moorhens leave footprints.” Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Herons, kingfishers, moorhens, coots, grebes, ducks, teal, various divers, are all proscribed on behalf of trout. The Life of the Fields And the charming discoveries they made in this water world, the moorhen's indolence, and the watchful rat swimming for its hole; each bend was a new picture. Spring Days Under it spectres of the mist floated in the pale lustre; a painted moorhen steered through ghostly pools leaving fan-shaped wakes of crinkled silver behind her; heavy fish splashed, swirling again to drown the ephemera. In Secret The warm sunshine gladdens the hearts of the moorhens floating on the water yonder by the bushes, and their singular note, "coorg-coorg," is uttered at intervals. The Open Air They filled the flag-basket for her with the moorhens, the rabbit, the dab-chick and thrush, and a tin of preserved tongue. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z Hardly a wild-duck is now seen; one or two moorhens or a dabchick seem all. The Life of the Fields The frightened moorhen stole back to her spotty eggs, the dipper returned to his dipping and curtseying to his own image in the stream, and I to my idle dreaming and watching. Afoot in England At our approach fled in terror flocks of green pigeons, jays, ibis, turtledoves, golden pheasants, quails and moorhens, with crows and hawks, while now and then a solitary pelican winged its way to the distance. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley Winding in and out like an Indian in his canoe, perhaps traces of an otter might be found—his kitchen mödding—and in the sedges moorhens and wildfowl would hide from me. The Open Air The moorhens and coots had now recovered from the fright Pan had given them. Bevis The Story of a Boy 2011-08-13T02:00:28.377Z The Thames is too long and wide for complete exclusion; but it is surprising how few moorhens even are to be seen along the river. The Life of the Fields Supper was served in the kitchen, where Mavis partook of a rabbit and moorhen pie with new potatoes and young mangels mashed. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl Pleasant to hear the corncrake by the hedge-side, or the moorhen in the water. Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn Pink lychnis flowers behind the withy stoles, and little black moorhens swim away, as you gather it, after their mother, who has dived under the water-grass, and broken the smooth surface of the duckweed. The Life of the Fields Very likely there may be a moorhen or two slipping about under cover of the long grass; thus hidden, they can leave the shelter of the flags and wander a distance from the brook. The Life of the Fields |
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