AMONG THE WaTeER FowL 
Ona certain part of the*shoresot > Devil's Make 
there is another similar area of timber, where, late 
in June, during the tour described above, I had a 
most fascinating time for several days with the 
Golden-eyes. We had just encamped near-by, and 
I was taking a preliminary stroll through the grove 
that had some quite large trees, some of them being 
mere decayed shells. At length I came to a stub 
with a large round opening at the top of the main 
trunk, about ten feet from the ground. No bird 
flew at my rapping, nor was there any down visible 
at the entrance. However, I though I would scram- 
ble up and look in. About an arm’s length from 
the opening was a mass of white down and feathers 
that filled the cavity. Reaching into it, I felt eggs— 
a large number 
of -th eum aye 
Sie.eume da rare 
though the count 
would never 
end, but I finally 
ascertained that 
the number was 
sixteen, piled 
there ina @neat 
h-e/aup,, “twoner 
three deep. . 
** aT LENGTH I CAME TO A STUB WITH A LARGE ROUND With this (SMe 
OPENING AT THE TOP OF THE MAIN TRUNK.”’ NEST 
OF AMERICAN GOLDEN-EYE CONTAINING SIXTEEN couragement I 
sal began to look 
for more holes. Only a few rods from this stub I 
soon discovered another hole in a large tree, about 
as high up as my head. Below it, about waist high, 
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