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sides with some sticks and deepened it for 
six more eggs that were subsequently laid. 
I am sorry that we had no opportunity of 
PLATE XXXVIII: Floating nest of coot, 24 feet long, 
18 inches broad, built amongst the branches of a half- 
submerged willow, and standing a foot out of the 
water—with the first egg laid. 
observing if the eggs were hatched, or whether 
the crows or rats got at them. 
I saw the male bird swimming about, but 
