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But, no ; as long as I remained in the vicinity she 

 did not come back, and on feeling the eggs on my 

 departure I found them to be quite cold. But not- 

 withstanding the long absence of the parent bird, 



NEST OF REDSHANK. 



the young were in due course hatched out none 

 the worse. 



For years in succession I have looked in vain for 

 the nests of two pairs of Redshanks on the margin of 

 a highland lochan, where they nest every spring ; 

 but, although I have found the broken eggs after 

 the young have been hatched out, I have never 

 been able to discover the nest. 



It is interesting to notice that the Wood- 

 cock and, usually, the Curlew leave the broken 



