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self; besides he is so similar to the surroundings, that no human 

 eye is able to distinguish him from these, if the spot is not known 

 beforehand. 



July 9"^ 1907 I again found a Phalarope's nest by the Bjerg- 

 andesø; it contained 4 fresh eggs and was built a little differently 

 from the two before mentioned nests. These were found close to a 



Fig. 10. Grey Phalaropes nest. 



lake on low banks covered Avith short grass, but this one was built 

 on a tuft covered with long withered grass, situated some 10 metres 

 from the real lake, but surrounded by shallow water, that came 

 from a little river running out from the lake and irrigating all the 

 tufts one of which contained the nest. 



This bird also kept very close on the nest and did not leave it 

 before I parted the long grass with my foot. When frightened up 

 from the nest the bird for a short while lay screaming and flapping 

 on the water not far from me; thereupon he ilew away — silently 



