Fig. 8. A Typical Alligator's Nest, Made Chiefly of Grass. 



The guide is feeling for eggs without disturbing the outside of the nest. Bein 

 made of the same material as the background, the nest does not stand out ver 

 sharply, though in nature the contrast is somewhat more marked, owing to th 

 fact that the surrounding grass is green while the grass of which the nest is bui! 

 is dead and brown. (From a Photograph by the Author.) 



