60 MID-APRIL 
or five, or more together—generally, curiously 
enough, in odd numbers. 
Whilst I was taking the photo of the 
snipe’s nest Ted was searching around and 
came upon that of a Ringdove, built only 
breast high in some still leafless bushes. 
This was a most unusual elevation for a 
pigeon’s nest, and permitted of a very good 
photograph. Built, as it was, not upon the 
thick limb of a tree (which position pigeons 
like) but supported only by thin branches, 
it looked very prominent. It contained 
two pure white eggs (the usual number), 
which caught: the eye at once as seney 
lay exposed to view in the characteristic 
carelessly built nest, made of dead sticks, al- 
most flat and without any lining. Some days 
after this the hen let me have a look at her 
through the bushes without leaving the nest ; 
the eggs were then nearly hatched, which 
accounted for.“ her -conduct. «Sle sams 
quietly that I tried a long exposure, working 
the lens at F/32, using this small stop, as 
photographers will know, to get as sharp an 
