...It should have been seen with what eagerness the marshy glebes of Holland were turned over...
Alexandre Dumas, Pere 「The Man in the Iron Mask」
...To the northeast there are extensive plains destitute of trees, but covered with grass, and in some places it is marshy...
David Livingstone 「Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa」
...The Shire flows through a low, flat, marshy country, but abounding in population, and they are said to be brave...
David Livingstone 「Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa」
...He had gone out with a party to hunt a herd of buffaloes which were grazing on a piece of marshy ground, sprinkled with a few mimosa-trees...
Captain Frederick Marryat 「The Mission; or Scenes in Africa」
...It contains a great area of fresh-water ponds and marshy meadows, wherein grows an abundant supply of food for wild fowl...
William T. Hornaday 「Our Vanishing Wild Life」
...A still larger species, the Kabara-goyā, is partial to marshy ground,and when disturbed upon land, will take refuge in the nearestwater...
J. Emerson Tennent 「Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon」
...It makes its nest on theground in marshy places, of grass, weeds andfeathers...
Chester A. Reed 「The Bird Book」
...They nesteither upon the solid earth or in marshy placesover the water...
Chester A. Reed 「The Bird Book」
...They nest in marshy places near secludedponds...
Chester A. Reed 「The Bird Book」
...These handsome Wagtails are common in summer on the coastsand islands of Bering Sea, nesting on the ground under tufts ofgrass or beside stones, usually in marshy ground...
Chester A. Reed 「The Bird Book」
...This bird is abundant everywhere on the pampas, and does notmigrate, but inhabits marshy situations in summer, building its nestamongst the rushes, and in winter ranges over the country...
P. L. Sclater 「Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2)」
...It frequentsopen marshy places and feeds upon small snakes, lizards,grasshoppers, etc...
Frank M. Chapman 「What Bird is That?」
...Being water animals they are found in greater numbers in marshy places,on ponds and lakes and sluggish rivers, but also thrive and are found infair numbers on the smaller and more rapid streams...
A. R. Harding 「Fur Farming」
..., or in marshy places...
Frank M. Chapman 「Color Key to North American Birds」
..."The finest and richest old pastures and lawns are particularly liableto this disease; soft, marshy, and luxuriant meadows are equally so;and it is also found in light, soft or sandy districts...
Ambrose Blacklock 「A Treatise on Sheep:」
...The Indian Runner Duck is a small, active duck which originated long agoas the common duck on the meadows of certain marshy districts in theNetherlands...
John H. Robinson 「Our Domestic Birds」
... Lives in marshy, swampy places...
Lenore Elizabeth Mulets 「Stories of Birds」
...Dickerman saw two Great Blue Herons in a marshy area at San Marcos (=20 mi...
Emil K. Urban 「Birds from Coahuila, Mexico」
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