Into the Tangled Bank Quotes

“Attractive bird, the nene. Not massive for a goose, with plainish buff-and-black colouring given added interest by a deeply furrowed neck. The temptation to give this fabric-like plumage a little ruffle is overwhelming, but I suspect this would be frowned on, not least by the nene itself.”
― Lev Parikian, Into the Tangled Bank: In Which Our Author Ventures Outdoors to Consider the British in Nature