Plate 23 



Upper : Bristle-thiglied curlew, stealing an egg from a nuin-o-war-blrd's nest, 

 Laysan Island, presented by Mr. Donald R. Dickey, by courtesy of the National 

 Geographic Society. 



Lower : Whimbrel settling down on its nest, Shetland Islands, June 11, 1923, 

 presented by Mr. William E. Glegg. 



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