The teacher could not accuse any one of fault, nor blame the pupils that they had hesitated when he called them; while, on the other hand, he was deterred from saying anything commendatory of the waders.

They are all waders and diggers.

It was a likely spot for "waders," and would be worth a visit.

The bareness of her limbs may perhaps shock our notions of propriety at first, for, being a mud-wader of necessity, like the stork and the heron, she girds her garments about her very tightly indeed; but this only sets off her wonderfully erect and athletic figure, while her well-set head looks all the nicer that it has no covering except her own neatly-bound hair.

He ascended the Upper Nile to Urondogami; hippopotamuses snorted in the swamps, waders and guinea-fowl rose in flight, while a herd of antelopes sped flying through the tall grasses.

His boots are thick, even though he does not require waders; on his knees are leather pads to ward off rheumatism; whilst on his head is a sober-coloured capnot a white straw hat flashing in the sunlight, and scaring the timid trout to death.

By means of his rubber-soled waders he had come upon her noiselessly.

Among them are some fifty species of "waders."

The Stork, and some other of the tribe of waders, are occasionally also inhabitants of some of the continental towns.

We saw on the banks screamersbig, crested waders of archaic type, with spurred wings, rather short bills, and no especial affinities with other modern birds.

Indeed, it seems astonishing, when one observes these big beastsand big waders and other water-birdsin their native surroundings, to find how utterly non-harmful their often strikingly revealing coloration is.

Excellent advice; but in the present state of the country, unless one wears waders, extremely difficult to follow.

We heard horrid tales of golf enthusiasts playing in waders, and of revellers half drowned while returning from dinners in neighbouring tents.

"With the paddlers and waders.

The papers vary in degree alone, as the writer happens to be a skimmer, a wader, or a deep-sea diver in standard editions of the encyclopedias.

It was that cautious wader but inexperienced swimmer, the Listening Crane.

The very diversified character of Somerset makes it the home of a large variety of birds, the Quantocks and Exmoor sheltering many of the predatory kinds, the long coast-line attracting numerous seafowl, and the fenny country of the centre affording a feeding ground for the different kinds of waders.

Their tall, slender legs, which they require for wading, their comparatively light and well-poised bodies, their long, curved, quickly-darting necks and sharp beaks, which they need in order to secure their rapid-swimming prey, all these things make the waders, almost in spite of themselves, handsome and shapely birds.

I have often wondered whether it is this general beauty of form in the waders which has turned their aesthetic tastes, apparently, into such a sculpturesque line.

The waders, I sometimes fancy, only care for beauty of shape, not for beauty of tint.

But the waders have no such special reasons for acquiring a love for bright hues.

Besides the usual waders on the reef, I found great numbers of doves and honeysuckers, and, among the mangroves, fell in with and procured specimens of a very rare kingfisher, Halcyon sordida.

Seafowl and waders were very numerous, but the breeding season was over.

On the following day the Bramble* left us for Booby Island, to call at the post office there, and rejoin company at Cape York, and we reached as far as the neighbourhood of Coconut Island at noon, passing close to Arden Island, then covered with prodigious numbers of blue and white herons, small terns, curlews, and other waders.