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THE BRITISH BIRD BOOK 



RUFF'S NEST AND EGGS 



RUFF'S FIGHTING GROUND, HOLLAND, 

 COMMON-SANDPIPER'S NEST AND EGGS, 



COMMON-SANDPIPER'S NEST AND EGGS, .... 

 REDSHANK'S NEST SHOWING GRASS TIPS CURVED OVER NEST, 

 GREENSHANK STANDING BY ITS NEST, .... 

 CURLEW ALARMED AND CROUCHING IN ITS NEST, 

 YOUNG CURLEW WITHIN FIVE HOURS FROM HATCHING, . 

 NEST AND EGGS OF BLACKTAILED-GODWIT, HOLLAND, 



CORNCRAKE'S NEST AND EGGS, 



WATER-RAIL'S NEST AND EGGS, 



WATERHEN'S NEST AND EGGS. . ... 



COOT'S NEST AND EGGS, 



PLATE PAGE 



LV. 424 



LVI. 440 



LVII. 



LVIII. 



456 



560 



