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Pictures of Bird Life 



grass or rush. It lield four very richly coloured eggs, 

 pointed like Redshanks'. 



After photographing the nest /// situ, I attempted to 

 wait for tlie old bird ; but there was no cover Avhatever, 

 and! did not succeed — more especially as the three Spaniards 

 were ridino- about searching for more eggs. I could ne\'er 



Nest of Stilt (Hi/naiito/>its caiididiis). 



make them imderstand that tlie photographs were more 

 important than the eggs. The eggs were, I suppose, more 

 tangible objects to them, and they were certainly indefatigable 

 in assisting me to tlie utmost of their })owers. 



Curiously enough, this first nest was the only one seen 

 in the water. All the others — and we found hundreds of 

 them — were on the nuid, and the nests were very nmch 



