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hills ; the Kedshanks and Peewits, however, by dashing down and screaming, 



disturbed them whenever an attempt was made to get within range 



" On the 20th of June four very handsome glossy eggs were taken off Eush 



Hills The eggs of another nest were removed a week later from the 



same piece of ground, as there was but little doubt they would have been taken 

 on such an exposed spot. These I placed in the nest of a Partridge well concealed 

 in long grass, on a marsh in a quiet part that was seldom visited, in hopes the 

 young birds might be hatched. The old bird performed her duties well, sitting 

 closely, and the downy juveniles would soon have been out, when a donkey, 

 turned out to pick up his living on the marsh, trampled on the nest and broke 

 most of the eggs. The Reeve belonging to the last-mentioned nest was shot and 

 sent to be preserved, as I imagined it was too late in the season to expect her to 

 lay again." 



