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I'N'K llth.- S.M.II aft.-i- l.reakfast this morning, the 

 manager of the farm dn,\e up to the house with 

 his hucktioard ami team of horses, accompanied by 

 three deerhoiimls t\\o s,. tters and a water span'n-1. 

 Taking sufficient victuals to last us for the day, three 

 of us started out with light hearts. The dogs Imu 

 made it a difficult task to find any eggs, as they ran along 

 so me distance in front of us, and disturbed the field plovers, 

 curlews and godwits of}' their nests. (Mi our wav we stopped 



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at a small slough where a pair of marbled godwits evidently 

 had a nest, and after s,,nie trouble we succeeded in finding it. 

 The nest was built in the centre of a tussock of grass and con- 

 tained four eggs, olive drab in colour, spotted with umber 

 brown, averaging iVJ.lx l.tio. After a twelve miles enjoyable 

 drive over the hilly prairie, the lake appeared in sight and we 



B soon driving along its southern shore. John and myself 

 alighted and legan to scour the beach, while the manager 

 walked his horses slowly around the lake to find a suitable 

 camping ground. This lake was about four miles long by two 

 broad ami swarmed with ( 'anada geese, American widg- 

 sho\ell-rs. scaups, gadwalls, pintails, mallards and other du< 

 while feeding along j(^ .sandy U-ach were numerous avosete, 

 curlews, godwits. kildeej-s. sandpipers ami herring. Franklin's 

 and Bonaparte's gulls. Many of the ducks and geese had 

 young ones s\\ imming around th^m. and had 1 visited this 

 lake six \\. , ks earlier. I should m> doubt have found a number 

 of nests and eggs of clucks and geese. This lake lies sheltered 

 between the hills, just south of the Saskatchewan river, ami 

 is seldom visited by human U-ings. consequently the water- 

 foul are \ei-y tame ami Were swimming about just a short di- 



from the >ho|-e. ( MM- first find was a nest of the pallid- 

 horm-d lark ami t \\ o cowhird s eggs. The ju-st \vas made of 



