166. OUR LASFCAUNT “OF THE SEASON, 
her patient vigil on our approach. How one 
small bird could cover such a clutch was not 
quite clear. So we concluded that two birds 
had laid their eggs in that same nest, which 
XLVIII: ‘A MOORHEN’S NEST—WITH TWELVE 
REDDISH-WHITE BROWN-SPECKLED EGGS’ (4-size). 
is their custom sometimes, for reasons of 
their own.! 
1 The explanation of this proceeding does not seem 
