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the nest and eggs of the shoveller, which were found 

 upon Prestwick Carr, a piece of waste ground of 

 considerable extent, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, co- 

 vered with heath and furze, boggy and intersected 



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with drains, and havingl a piece of water near its 

 centre. From thence, towards the end of May, a nest 

 was brought to him containing nine eggs ; it was 



