In such places both species are often abundant; the meadow is divided up into Lapwings' territories, and early in the season the Snipe wander over it in small parties, singly, or in pairs.
It is one of time and patience, and of small parties of determined men, backed by native allies, which are got by policy and money.
Small parties of the enemy were seen mounted on dromedaries, watching the force.
They were ordered to depart in small parties, and to assign different reasons for going.
On that day the Forty were to assemble in small parties at public houses near the Green.
Several governments desired to bring them to justice; but their country was inaccessible to small parties.
The same fear too prevents their going out to hunt in small parties to relieve their occasional wants, so that the buffaloe is generally obtained in large quantities and wasted by carelessness.
We did indeed listen to your good talk, for when you told us that the other nations were inclined to peace with us, we went out carelessly in small parties, and some have been killed by the Sioux and Ricaras.
In the southern part of the Plata district the Jacana is migratory, arriving from the north in Buenos Ayres early in October, either singly or in small parties.
In summer it inhabits woods, and is seen in pairs or small parties, but in winter unites in flocks of from twenty to one or two hundred individuals, and roams much over the open country.
Mr. Barrows found it associated with Rolland's Grebe, Coots, and Gallinules, usually in small parties of from three to six individuals.
As a rule they go in small parties of five or six individuals, but sometimes flocks numbering two or three hundred are seen in the cold season.
The death of the mighty Sachem of the Wampanoags practically ended the war, although some Indians, in small parties, held out a bit longer throughout all of New England.
When about fifteen miles out, small parties of Spotted Tail's Indian soldiers began to arrive, and when half way, about twenty miles, I had over forty reliable Indian soldiers.
Small parties of friendly Chickasaw or Choctaw Indians threaded the forest miles in advance of the marching army.
Except for bodies of men passing through from the surrounding districts, they consisted only of small parties of a dozen or less, living precariously upon the much-cleared country.
Though no serious fighting had occurred, the convoys were frequently threatened and fired at by small parties of Boers.
The men had to act by themselves in following up single or small parties of Boers, as a column often got spread over many miles of country.
They are more generally divided intosmall parties of eight or ten men, with their women and children, for the greater convenience of hunting, etc.
The members thereof live scattered in small parties, called by Withnell "families.
The Port Lincoln tribes seem to roam about in small parties of several families.
During the month of September they lived in small parties of from six to twelve birds, but in winter they only flew about in pairs, and towards the spring disappeared entirely.
They flew about in small parties, and appeared to be somewhat timid, allowing themselves to be watched, but seeking shelter when pursued.
Another peculiarity is that they only congregate in small parties consisting of not more than from four to eight individuals, and never assemble in considerable flocks.
They have, I believe, several broods in the year; and even when nesting associate in small parties of seven or eight.
This species does not ascend the hills, but appears to be confined to the Dhoon, where it may be seen in small parties in gardens, hedgerows, and low brushwood, turning over the dead leaves in search of seeds and insects.
The rest scuttled in small parties to the Clanwilliam district, in hope to reassemble and pounce on the next convoy coming their way.
The enemy were given the impression that the six columns were bound for the east, consequently they made an attempt to break back through the columns in small parties to the west.
Sometimes they were found in small parties of three or four individuals, sometimes in bands of about two hundred, and again in great herds of many thousands; and solitary old bulls, expelled from the herds, were common.
When the weather gets cold and food scarce they band together in small parties, perhaps of four or five individuals, and then assail anything, even a bear or a panther.
Just before it begins the Irish arrive in small parties, coming all the way from their native land to gather the high wages paid during the English harvest time.
After such a season, upon returning next year to the sand quarry, the older birds drive off the younger; and if these are so numerous that they cannot find room in another part of the quarry, they emigrate in small parties.
Small parties of them lowered their bayonets and went out among the gray wolves swarming around them, and killed a number of them until they also fell.
Small parties of Germans with machine guns kept filtering down from the north and established themselves on the railway in order to rake the French with an enfilade fire.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "small parties" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
