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about 31 versts off, and of which he shot the bird, but 

 which he did not take, as he wished us to see it, and 

 the other at the old place, and which Seebohm and he 

 found together, they having met after I came on. 



This last was a very neatly-formed nest. Seebohm 

 heard a bird cry in the air behind him, and said to 

 Piottuch, ' C'est le rare Kuleek ! ' and it shortly 

 after alighted about seventy yards from them, beyond 

 where they afterwards found the nest. This bird had 

 come probably straight from its feeding-ground among 

 the shallow pools to cover its eggs, and the mist had 

 probably quickened its movements. They watched it to 

 the nest and walked straight up to the spot after giving 

 the bird two or three minutes' grace. It was very 

 tame, running round them and coming close up like the 

 bird of the first young Piottuch found yesterday. On 

 first alighting it preened its feathers and walked leisurely 

 on to its nest. Seebohm and Piottuch watched it for 

 about half an hour preening itself and walking about, 

 and it did not take any trouble whatever to conceal its 

 movements, having apparently not the slightest suspicion 

 of danger. 



Seebohm shot the bird, cut out the turf with the nest, 

 and brought home the eggs. They are like the others 

 Little Dunlins' eggs all over and we think we may now 

 with tolerable accuracy conclude that they run through 

 many, if not indeed all, the varieties which the Dunlin's 

 eggs are subject to. 



These are handsome eggs, but not quite so richly 

 blotched as those of the other nest of yesterday. 



Simeon brought in four young Dunlins with the old 

 bird, and a single young Little Stint, which must have 

 been hatched out at least ten days ago. 



As we have now the young of both these birds in two 

 stages of plumage, and as in general appearance they 



