GREY PLOVER S NEST AND YOUNG 



CHAPTER XVII. 



AFTER GREY PLOVERS AT WASILKOVA. 



Examination of our Nests — Excursion to Wasilkova — Search for Breeding 

 Haunts of Bewick's Swan — News from England — Grey Plover's Eggs — 

 Flock of Buffon's Skuas — Black Scoter's Nest— Watching for Skuas' Nests 

 — Another Nest of Grey Plover — Scaup's Eggs — The Zyriani. 



On the 29th of June the weather was very wet. We 

 spent the clay in blowing- eggs and examining our nests. 

 We had now five nests which we were pretty sure were 



