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t It tlaj.s heavily and is\.-r\ easily sh- ' 

 tin- win;;. When ..lily wounded ..r \\ inched it tights \\ , -II u 



.ik inflicting ii" slight \viuinl mi an uncautioiis 

 1 Tin- food ,,!' this l.ird consists ,.f small aquatic anil 



r;i\\ lis), |Y. igR i Qoket tisi 



I hav- a clutch ..I' tlir--, ' tli. Am. -i Iran l.ittern 



-collected in a I- ^tratf.nd Ontario, June 9th I 



an- .tli. T clutch ..f tli' tak.-n May lftli I - 'tT. i 



Like NY an.l a clutch .f four e<r L r, tak.-n Ma\ Jit I. W 

 in < h'li-aiis ( \ \ --tliat tlir..- Ot t'"iir a).|..-ar t" ! tin- 

 u>ual nnnil.. i !' . ^s laid \>y tliis Uinl. My n.-\t timl was a 

 s. t . .t' t'.-iir s|,,)tt.-.| san.lpi).. t'.iiiml l.y thi^liin^ tli- 



l.inl of!' its n,->t. Tliis clutch was liaii-lsonicly sj,,itt, .1 aid 

 Motrhc.l with l.lackish l-rown chictly aroiiml the l,utt t-ml of 

 the c^'u, when- the ln-avy Hotchcs almost fonn-.l a /.OIM-. I 

 \\alkc.l a roil ml the slouch ami saw lnimln -K ..t yellow-headod 

 Mackl.ir.ls ! ut could not timl their m-sts Black t. ins were 

 wen- als,, MTV numerous. |,ut they had m>t yd c. nniii.-nce<l to 

 lay. 



A Wilson s jihalarope fluttered from in front of my feet and 

 I found its ii. -Nt and four >-^ \\<M concealed in the centre of 

 a tuss<H-k of coai's.- marsh ^rass. Soon afterwards I cam.- 

 -s another clutch of four BggB, also found ly Hushing th.- 

 l-ird. The iM-sts are well hidden. cuj>-sha]>ed and ^em-rally 

 made in the centre of the tuss.M'ks ..f ^rass that ^n.w anmnd 

 the sloughs. They are usually found hi^h uj> on the dry 

 ind. many yar-ls auay from tin- wat.-r s ,-d^e. \Vhenth.- 

 I'irds jin- rtusln-d they stumMe alon^ in front of \\> ^ feet 

 fluttering a.s if winded or wounded and making a squeak in^ 

 kind of a ti"is. It is the male l>ird that is always startled 

 .f!' the m -st. I never yd sm-j.ris.-d a female on them-st.Kut 

 when the male l.ird is flushed. ! . \\ay and soon aft. r 



returns with the f.-male. who ha.s U-eii feeding a Ion;; the 

 water's i-d^r,. I,,, t far of!" and Utli l>irds then Keirin to My 

 ind the head of the intruder. The male l.ird atom- attends 

 t'. the duties , ,f inclination, which is rather singular. After 

 and packing th. . -_ 1 ,,r down nnd rested awhil,- 



