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our caps no doubt bearing some resemblance to those of 

 that bird. 



The costumes of the female portion of the wedding 

 party were very picturesque, some wearing silver girdles 

 with many hanging ornaments and large silver brooches, 

 a dress of red and dark, and some with white jackets or 

 shawls. The head-dresses also were similar in some 

 cases to those we saw on Sunday. Others had siniply 

 a white hood over the head. All the female portion, 

 except the bride, rode in large chairs sideways on the 

 horses, with a single large stirrup about a foot in length, 

 and they seemed much less at ease than did the bride. 



May 24. 



Wednesday, the 24th of May, was a very hot broiling 

 day, and coats and waistcoats were pitched aside. 

 Having had tubs and bread and milk put in our rooms 

 overnight, we got up about half-past four or five o'clock 

 and repaired to the upper end of the second lake. 



On the way we shot two Wrynecks perched on trees 

 and uttering their Kestrel-like cry, and we heard others. 

 We saw also two Creepers. The Wrynecks were perched, 

 and uttering a low cry very like that of some small raptorial 

 bird — Kestrel, for example. We found two breeding- 

 holes of Pied Flycatchers, but on examination found we 

 could not cut into them with our ' tolle-knives,' but must 

 wait till saw, chisel, and hammer are procured. The birds 

 flew close round us. Later in the day I bought a small 

 saw and a huge chisel for the benefit (?) of these and 

 other birds which build in holes. 



In the pine-wood at the head of the second lake we 

 found a nest and eggs of the Northern Marsh Tit. It 

 contained eight eggs, and we got the female bird. The 

 nest was of moss, lined with strips of the inner bark 

 of the aider (see Bree) and with a few of the bird's 



