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This was the last and eleventh nest of these rare birds 

 which we found. The young in down are very yellow, 

 speckled with black, and are admirably adapted for con- 

 cealment upon the yellow-green moss on the edges of the 

 little bogs, close to which the grey plover seems always 

 to choose a place for its nest. 



Our attempt to hatch the highly incubated eggs, and 

 thus obtain specimens of young in down, was successful. 

 We soon had five young grey plovers well and hearty, 

 and secured three or four more afterwards. 



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