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took four nests in 1895 at Golchika,* but in 1897, although 

 he observed it in the same place, he recorded that there 

 were fewer birds to be seen.| In 1914 I did not see 

 the species at all until the night of July Uth, when 

 I was shooting on the Golchika river about fifteen 

 miles from the settlement. Here, in a green SAvamp 

 about half a mile square, two pairs were nesting. The 

 birds were very wild and vociferous, flying rapidly 



NEST AND EGGS OF THE GEEY PLOVER. 

 (Photographed by Miss M. D. Haviland. ) 



overhead, and then dashing violently downwards, to 

 glance aside when almost touching the ground, in a way 

 that recalled the " leap and wince " of the Lapwing 

 over Enghsh fields. Mr. A. Trevor-Battye {Icebound 

 on Kolguev, p. 432) describes how this Plover attacked 

 a marauding Skua in this way. When thus rushing 

 to and fro, with its pied plumage and headlong vehement 

 flight, the Grey Plover looks curiously like a pigeon. 



Long watching failed to discover a nest in this place, 

 and from the birds' behaviour, I think that they must 



* Ibis, 1897, p. 102. 

 t t.c, 1898, p. 513. 



