50 THE VAGARIES OF OUR CLIMATE 
The red at the base of the beak specially 
attracted my attention. (Why is the beak 
red here?) I again disturbed it, and the 
bird this time disappeared entirely. Moor- 
‘Each stick of the nest is plainly seen.’ Nest of 
moorhen with eggs (4 size). 
VIL: 
hens will escape in this manner from the very 
best of water dogs. 
I had many opportunities of watching the 
faithful connubial attachment of the pair 
