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together. It lays five eggs, or, rarely, six, and the nesting season 

 commences in October. He once saw a fight between the old birds 

 and their last year's young ones, for the possession of the old 



V\'liite-headed Stilt. 



Black Stilt. 



nest. "At length the old birds were victorious, after two or 

 three days' contention, during which time the struggle was 

 carried on by cries, menacing gestures, and the fluttering of 

 wings, the birds often leaping over each other. From the long 



