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greed of the collector, have almost banished it 

 as a breeding species. It has nested during the last 

 year or two in Yorkshire, and occasionally attempts 

 to do so in Norfolk and Lincolnshire. I have seen 

 the Reeve on one or two occasions on the Broads. 

 Our illustrations were secured in Holland by my 

 brother during June, 1905. 



Materials. A few bits of dead grass or leaves 

 line the hollow in which the eggs are laid. 



RUFFS AT HOME. 



Eggs. Four, varying from pale greyish-green to 

 olive-green or olive-brown in ground-colour, blotched 

 and speckled with greyish and rich liver-coloured 

 brown, generally most numerous on the larger end 

 of the egg. Somewhat similar to those of the 

 Redshank, though greyer and not quite so yellow 

 in ground-colour. Size about 1.7 by 1.22 in. (See 

 Plate VIII.) 



Time. 'May and June. 



Remarks. Migratory, arriving in April and May 

 and departing about September. Notes, kack, kick. 

 Local and other names : Reeve (female), Fighting 



