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said two young ones, but I could not see 

 two distinctly myself — in her claws pressed 

 close under her ; and she flew slowly and 

 heavily for about ten yards, then rested 

 above a bramble which the young one 

 seemed to catch hold of with its claws, 

 or become entangled in. The old bird 

 fluttered for quite half a minute over it 

 before she could pull the little one clear 

 and fly a few yards further down, when 

 she alighted, but rose again when I sent 

 a man to try to catch the young one." 



The Wood-Cock probably breeds 

 throughout the Himalayas at considerable 

 altitudes. The account of the finding 

 of a nest of this species by the late Mr. 

 A. Anderson in Kumaon is no doubt 

 well known to all Indian sportsmen, and 

 I need not reproduce it in full here. It 

 was at an altitude of 10,000 feet, on 

 July 2nd, that he found the nest and 

 four eggs. These latter were deposited 

 in a slight depression in the damp soil, 

 and embedded amongst a number of wet 

 leaves, the smaller ends of the eggs point- 

 ing inwards, and also downwards into 

 the ground. 



Many other Indian sportsmen have 

 found the eggs of the Wood-Cock in the 

 Himalayas, but I shall only quote the 



