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their young- has often struck me as being- really 

 wonderful. I have passed some several times a day 

 for days together, and found them sitting on every 

 occasion in exactly the same positions. However, 

 such is by no means always the case, as birds 

 nesting' in fairly open situations frequently alter 

 their positions — a fact due, no doubt, in many cases 



FLYCATCHER'S NELT IN BULLET-HOLE. 



to the sliifting of the Avind, as tliey dislike to sit 

 with tlieir tails to it. 



The presence; of sitting game birtls may always 

 be known l)y the increased size of their droppings 

 ai'oiuid places whei'(; the\' go to drink. I liave 

 known ;i lied (jlrouse sit so long and closely on a 

 clutch of addled eggs tliat she became almost too 

 weak to fly. 



Some l)ii'ds may be caught on ihcir nests even 

 when ill (piilo open siluations, and handled with- 

 out being made to forsake. kast spring my 

 brother and 1 met with a very curious case of a 



