210 OUR SUMMER MIGRANTS. 



loquial in the sound, caused by the bird turning 

 its head from side to side, both up and down, and 

 scattering, as it were, the notes on every side. 



It makes no nest, but scraping a hollow on 

 the bare ground deposits two ellipse-shaped 

 eggs beautifully mottled with two shades of 

 grey and brown, and quite unlike those of any 

 other British bird. The young are hatched in 

 about a fortnight or rather more, and until fully 

 fledged their appearance is singularly ugly. 

 They are covered with a grey down, and their 

 enormous mouths and large prominent eyes give 

 them an expression which is almost repulsive. 

 By pegging the young down with long "jesses," 

 as one would a Hawk, I have secured them 

 until fully fledged, the old birds feeding them 

 regularly ; but on taking them home and turning 

 them into an aviary I could not succeed in 

 keeping them long alive, owing to the difficulty 

 in procuring suitable food, and my inability to 

 give them constant attention. 



During the month of September, when shoot- 

 ing amongst low underwood and felled timber, 



