64 A LONG DAY WIT THE BrRDS 
when whirr-rr, out flew a hen red-legged 
partridge from the ‘bank on’ the lett))She 
had risen from her eggs and we easily found 
the nest, having marked the spot she left. 
X: Nest holes of sand martins in a quarry. 
It measured about fifteen inches across and 
contained seven eggs of a stone colour mottled 
all over irregularly and thickly with small 
pale maroon coloured specks. It was in a 
