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LAKES AND RIVERS. 



mites) were very abundant. The Fringed Waterlily 

 ( Villarsia nymphceoides), was common in this water, as 

 in several of the brooks of Lewes. 



FRINGED WATER-LILY. 



As we entered the marsh we heard the Cuckoo 

 (Cuculus canorus) for the first time that year, and 

 were induced to examine every nest in the neigh- 

 bourhood carefully, in hopes of finding an egg of this 

 singular bird. We found two nests of the Sedge 



