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well as the other [§ 4177], I propose to preserve. The situation 
was like the other, on a not depressed part of the marsh, with the 
usual plants about—the strongly-scented rhododendron-like shrub 
[Ledum palustre] with white flowers, the dwarf birch, the pink 
Andromeda, grass, rushes, &c. 
§ 4179. Four.—Karto-uoma, 18 June, 1853. “J. W. shot 
the bird.’’ 
Hewitson, ‘ Eggs of British Birds,’ ed. 3, pl. xcix. figs. 1, 2. 
These are from the third nest of which I shot the bird. Ludwig 
found it and pointed out to me the place to which the bird had 
flown. I walked up and shot it as it flew. The nest was like the 
others: the eggs are somewhat longer. Two out of this nest were 
figured by Mr. Hewitson in the second edition of his ‘ Coloured 
Illustrations of the Eggs of British Birds.’ I have marked them 
accordingly. 
§ 4180. Four.—Karto-uoma, 28 June, 1853. <“ Bird well 
seen. J. W.” 
These were in the first nest found on this day. It was found by 
a boy who put up the bird, and was in the usual situation, on a 
ridge. I left the place for half an hour, and on my return could not 
at first find it ; but presently the bird got up from the nest, a yard from 
Ludwig’s feet. I was three or four paces off, and saw with surprise 
that it was a Jack Snipe, for I had previously been inclined to think 
that the eggs were Wood-Sandpiper’s. The bird soon pitched down 
short, as usual with Jack Snipes, and in this way I flushed it twice, 
and fired two shots at it without hitting it, for when Ludwig went 
again to the nest to fetch a pencil with which I had been marking 
the eggs, the bird was also returned to it. The eggs were nearly 
ready to hatch. They are a good deal smaller than any of the Jack 
Snipes’ I have yet met with. The nest was made of short bits of 
fine round grass. 
4181. Four.) r ee 
; Karto-uoma, 28 June, 1853. ‘ Bird shof, 
Wie 
§ 4182. Four. 
Eight eggs from two nests. After one of the boys had found the 
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