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tli-- wilK-ts ami killdeers A sh.irt listance a\\ i \ on tin- n 

 -f tin- s|oii u h I saw a uill.-t and a |>iiir "t' phalan> ; 

 and approaching eaiitioiislv I rai^-d m\ | 'i^ an-l tin- 



willet dropped HI- was a haiidsoinr sp.-eiiin-n ami 1 put liini 

 int< tin- I'U^Tiry -"id tln-ii followed up tin- phalaropes which had 

 ^ tiled t'urtl i -tartled a small IMP I from tin- dry ground 



..n tli> margin t' tin- .slini^li. ami fuuml a n.-st .t' tivi- f^^s. Tin- 



eggs were unknown to m-- tli.-y r'-ini>lc.| t-ir^s <>t' tli- ^raas 



tincli l-ut \\.-r.-sinall.T. I afti-r\\arls t'..uml <mt tli.-y \\ 

 I' that ran- l>ipl. l'>airls sparruw iaiiiiin||-aiiiiis liainiiii. I 

 l.-t't th- f^^s in th- IK -t. ami placing a j.i.-c.- ut' \\<\ ii.-ar l.y 

 i mark : I u.-nt away in Impr.s tin- l>ir<l \vnilI P-turn sn 



that I <-')iill shoot her to enable me to identify the egg& Al- 



th>u^h I Mayi-il away tw.-nty miiiut.-s l.rt'ur.- r.-turniiiLf. 1 lil 



nut ,-, any si^ns of tin- liinl. so I t<x ( k th- m-st ami tin- 



Tin- m-st is madf of drit-.l ^rass ami \va.s l.iiilt on tin- crrouml 



r tin- mairiiT of tin- si.n^r ami Savannah sparrows. The 



an- ^n-yish whit-. sp.,tt.-.l ami l>|ot-hi-il with various 



t' brown, and meMore Q.78zO.(><>. This s,-t was taken on 



.Inn.-, an-l tln-y W.T.- i|iiit-- tV.-^h. < >n tin- 14th of. him- I 

 r.iiml anotln-r m-st ,,f I Jainl's sparr->w on tin- prairi.- -oiith of 



i L-ik.'i it ( tainr.l tin ami im-ul.atioii was tar 



a.lvancfd. tin- m -t uas nia<l<- of ^j-assrs ami on tin- <^i oiml. 



Th- yiflh white, finely spotted witlnlark l>ro\\n. 



ami th-y lia\- a f-w hair lim-s of In-own at't.-r tin- fashion ..f 

 Mc<'owns lon^sjuir. l>nt tin- r^ s an . |ar^T than thos,- ,,f 



MrCown's lon^-spur. A pair of yellowshanka --\ i'l.-ntly hal 

 a n r. work and scaivhrd .lili^-ntly t'-r 



ovi-r half an hour without any 8000688 90 I marked down th.- 

 spot intruding t.. i. -turn lat.-r. )n th- north sid- of the slouch 

 tin- ground ris,-s ..n a ^i-ntli- ->|op.-. aii'l ln-r<- tin- - \ in 



I tlusln-d a Wilson's phalarop.- and s, M n found its 



ll st and foi; -II roiir.-alrd ill a tuft of i,Tass. (1,.- 



-istini,' of 1-its of rushes. The male l.ird alom- undertakes the 



incubation and when disturKed from tin- nest, flutters alon^ 



uin^jed or \voiindeil. and a- yon vt,,,>p to pick 



him up In- l!utt'T-~ awav further ami then risiii"- in tin- air IN-- 



