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The next day four of us crept up to the wall close to 

 which the Jack Snipe had been sleeping. He was in the 

 old spot, and again fa^t asleep. This \v-as about eleven 

 o'clock. I disturbed him in climbing the loose stone wall, 

 and he did not return. After that, both birds kept to 

 the east end of the mere. I last sa\\' them on April 15th. 



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Fig. 1. JACK SNIPE: "ONE CAME KUNNING PAST.' 

 {Photographed by Miss E. L. Turner.) 



They fed regularly every day from about 11.30 till 

 3 p.m. 



All the birds frequenting the mere had their regular 

 feeding hours. Roughly speaking, for most species 

 (exclusive of duck) these were from soon after dawn 

 till about 8 a.m. (during April and May) and from 11.30 

 till 3 p.m., and again for an hour before sunset. Every 

 day, at 11.45, one Heron (and sometimes two) alighted 

 at the east end of the mere and gradually worked west- 

 wards towards my tent. Sometimes the Lapwing mobbed 

 them and drove them to the opposite side. Black- 



