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give a loud shout, and turning towards the spot, they saw a 

 woodcock float out of a covert with that owl-like flight which 

 it sometimes affect. 



" Here is its nest," shouted Jimmy. 



This news was sufficient to make the boys rush at once to 

 the place where Jimmy stood. 



" On the ground under a holly-bush was the nest, with four 

 eggs in it, of a dirty yellowish white, spotted with pale brown. 



COMMON SANDPIPER. 



" Well," said Frank, " I think we have had an uncommonly 

 good day." 



" So do I," replied Jimmy, " and I feel uncommonly hungry. 

 Don't you ? " 



" It seems to me that we do nothing but eat," observed 

 Dick. 



" I should like to go to bed soon. I am tired, and my ribs 

 ache from my tumble," said Frank. 



