88 WILD DUCK 



cipitous rock, and Audubon one in the middle of some 

 corn, a mile from any water. Bishop Stanley records an 

 instance of a nest placed on the roof of a lowly thatched 

 cottage by the waterside, in the Regent's Park, London. 

 A pair built near Nunburnholme, in May 1876, a full half- 

 mile from our stream or any other water. 



