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sat very close, and when flushed almost always feigned 

 nijury. In each case the nests were lined A\-ith 

 feathers, though in some cases not more than one or two 

 were used. I saw one nest which contained a Goose 

 feather, so large that the bird crept under its upcurled 

 tip in order to cover the eggs. 





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NEST CONTAINING HALF FEATHERED ^OUNG, BUILT UNDER 

 A DRirr LOG ON THE SHORES OF THE YENESEI. 



(Photographed by ^Faud D. Haviland.) 



My experience of trying to photograph the birds at 

 the nest was a disappointing one. I chose a nest con- 

 taining half-fledged young, but not a plate was exposed 

 during a two days' wait. The birds flew round the 

 tent incessantly, uttering their plaintive call, but even 

 the pleading of their hungry brood would not lure them 

 within range of the lens. The cock was bolder than the 

 hen, but even of him I did not obtain a single negative. 

 On the third day I moved the tent over to a Temminck"s 



