192 MACHETES PUGNAX. 
L$ 
LS 
3912. HMour.—Muonioniska, 1862. 
Brought by Johan Erik Sieppis as Black Redshank, which they certainly are 
not, but most likely Reeve’s. | 
3913. Zwo.—Rammi-uoma, Kyré, 1862. 
Sent as Black Redshank’s by Jolian Anti of Kyré, but to all appearance 
Reeve’s. | 
[§ 3914. Four.—Kaaressuando, 1862. 
L$ 
Sent by Peter Jchan, as Suokulainen, which they doubtless are. | 
3915. Zwo.—Hickling, Norfolk, 3 June, 1884. “A. H. 
Evans.” From Mr. A. H. Evans. 
My brother Edward wrote in his notes that on the 13th May, 1884, after 
having taken a Redshank’s egg (§ 3737), he went over to the south-west side 
of Hickling Broad to the Rush Hills, “the only place where Reeves were ever 
seen, and where Joshua Nudd had seen ten or a dozen on two occasions lately. 
Almost immediately on landing some nine or ten birds got np, much like 
Redshanks, but I think a trifle smaller and more yellow-looking, shewing no 
white. They rose in a flock when we were nearly one hundred and fifty yards 
from them, and after they had gone a single bird flew up somewhat nearer, and 
went off in the same direction. We walked up to the place whence the birds 
rose, but could see no sign of anest. The birds went on to a piece of very wet 
ground, which was divided from where we were by a ditch, and we could not 
have got across it without a boat or a pole. We then returned to the boat 
and poled across the Broad, a high sea running which splashed into the boat, 
and saw nothing of interest but a Coot and a few Herring and Lesser Black- 
backed Gulls. Nudd said he had seen Ruittls twice this year, but he did not 
think the Reeves would lay for a fortnight. The last ege he ever heard of was 
taken seven years ago. Last year there were several Reeves at the same 
place; but they left shortly after some cattle were turned out on the Rush 
Hills. He said they always make their nests in very wet places. We did not 
see a single Duck of any description throughout the day.” 
On the 31st of May my brother was again at this place (which is a perfectly 
flat marsh), where the Reeves were said still to be, but he did not see them, 
though the man with him said he saw one. On the 3rd of June my brother 
again met this man, who told him “he had found a Reeve’s nest on the Rush 
Hills, at the place where we had seen the birds before, and where both he and 
I had seen one fly in a peculiar manner, whence he expected she had a nest. 
There were four eggs and he had taken two, but that he could not shew it to 
me as there was a boy placed to watch, and he was sure that if we stopped to 
look at the nest the boy would find it and take the eges. Nudd told me that 
