GKKVT PLOVERS NEST AND YOUNG. 



CHAPTER XVII. 



Examination of nests — Excursion to Wasilkova — Search for breeding haunts of 

 Bewick's swan — News from England — Grey plover's eggs — Flock of Buffon's 

 skuas — Black scoter's nest — Watching for skuas' nests — Another nest of grey 

 plover — Scaup's eggs — The Zyriani. 



Ox the 29th of June the weather was very wet. We spent 

 the day in blowing eggs and "examining our nests. We 



