THE NATURALIST. 1s 
so for sometime and then run 
around some more; but finally she 
remained in the same place fora 
long time, and we arose to go and 
get the eggs, but she was off the 
minute we moved. We then laid 
down again, and the same maneu- 
vers (only more tedious) were 
practiced over. 
But shortly she again squatted 
in the same place in which she re- 
mained before, and marking the 
place well, we started after the 
eggs. When we arrived at the 
spot where she squatted we could 
find nothing of the eggs. We 
hunted and hunted, until we were 
about to give up in chagrin, when 
my companion exclaimed: “Here 
they are!” And sure’ enough, 
almost under our feet lay a beau- 
tiful set of four eggs, scarcely dis- 
tinguishable from the pebbles 
around them. 
As in the case with all Plovers, 
I believe, the eggs are laid in the 
nest with the small end toward 
the center. With one nest of this 
species that I found I thought I 
would see if the bird cares much 
about having her eggs in that 
order, so I turned the big ends 
toward the center. Upon going 
to the nest next day the eggs were 
turned back—small ends towards 
the center. This was repeated with 
the same result, so it can plainly 
be conceived that the Kildeer is 
very precise in having her eggs 
arranged just so. 
ARTHUR L. PoPE, 
Sheridan, Oregon. 
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