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THE PTARMIGAN'S HOME SUMMER ... 45 



THE HAUNT OF THE PTARMIGAN MID WINTER 47 



HEN PTARMIGAN ON SNOWFIELD MID SUMMER . ... 49 

 ROOSTING HOLLOWS OF PTARMIGAN IN THE SNOW . . . .51 



WOODCOCK'S NEST WITH ELONGATED EGG 53 



WOODCOCK'S NEST AFTER A SNOWFALL 55 



WOODCOCK ON NEST 57 



THE WOODCOCK'S HAUNT . . 59 



NEST AND EGGS OF THE GOOSANDER 61 



GOOSANDER'S NEST WITH EGGS COVERED WITH DOWN DURING PARENT 



BIRD'S ABSENCE 62 



GOOSANDER ON XEST 63 



NESTING SITE OF THE GOOSANDER 64 



A FISHING HAUNT OF THE GOOSANDER 65 



THE GOOSANDER'S HOME IN WINTER 67 



GOLDEN PLOVER'S NEST NEARLY 3,000 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL. . 71 



YOUNG GOLDEN PLOVER CROUCHING TOGETHER FOR WARMTH . . 74 



NESTING SITE OF THE GOLDEN PLOVER 75 



NEST OF CURLEW 80 



CURLEW ON NEST 82 



YOUNG CURLEW 83 



WHERE THE CURLEW NEST 84 



NEST AND EGGS OF SANDPIPER 87 



YOUNG SANDPIPER CROUCHING . . 88 



HAUNT OF THE SANDPIPER -90 



NEST OF REDSHANK 



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95 



HOME OF THE REDSHANK 



OYSTER CATCHER'S NEST AND EGGS 98 



OYSTER CATCHER'S NEST WITH NEWLY HATCHED CHICK ... 99 



YOUNG OYSTER CATCHERS HIDING IOI 



SUMMER HOME OF THE OYSTER CATCHER ... . Io -j 



COMMON TERN'S NEST AND EGGS In 



YOUNG COMMON TERN . . 113 



NEST OF COMMON GULI u 7 



THE COMMON GULL'S MOUNTAIN HOME II9 



NEST AND EGGS OF THE BLACK-HEADED GULL 125 



YOUNG BLACK-HEADED GULLS IN THE NEST I2 - 



A HAUNT OF THE BLACK-HEADED GULL . . . . ' . I2 8 



BLACK-HEADED GULLS FEEDING ^o 



