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many as thirty-three have been fonncl in a nest, 

 hut they were undoubtedly the production of two 

 females. 



This brings us to the question, Do birds lay 

 in each other's nests ? Undoubtedly they do, and, 

 what is more, a member of one species will 



i;iN(;i:i) pluveu's egg3 as laid {p. 86). 



drop its eggs into the nest of a l)ird belonging 

 to an entirely ditt'erent one. Thrushes and JVack- 

 birds occasionally mix their eggs, and the Pheasant 

 is quite notorious for its carelessness in this wa}^ 

 and has been known to lav in the nests of the 

 Common and Red-legged Partridge, Red Grouse, 

 Capercailzie, and Wild Duck. Teal and Red Grouse 

 have also been known to dro]) their eggs into the 



