

-ho|V ill, I "II the 



"f it. s, , tint [ could easily find the pi* - I tin :. 



plored the rashes farther on an.! -H.H f. .und wveral 



tin ggl each. A- I r 



I .-arli clutch \vitli 



I could . . t out tin- eh;' ' r Mo\\ iii^tlit-ni. 



This i. \\ hat all ('!! .-tors should do when th-y find s,.\ - 



nC8t . _'s ..(' the same .sjM-ci, -s iii , 



tin. I tin itainin^ Jit. ami nine 



each, the first clutch slmuM ! niarknl Id t in -^ -coii'l 

 UK! tli.- tl.ii 



i. \t tin. I \\ 'tiii^ r laniji n-st <>( tin- lmrn-l r 



I'll.- .-^rs w.-r.- .-.. \i-n-.l ov.-r with ni-' 

 ami it is MII-|. rising hiw tin n hat<-h in such a <lanij> 



situation. Tli.- n.-t c..ntain. ! si -.. j_r s u -hich an- a trifle 



larger than t ; tin- )>ii-.l-l.ill. 



nuni.-r.'iis. an, | I XUJ.JM.S,. I cuul.l 



havr c.ill.-ct.-.l two hun<lr.-<l -^s ha<l I wished, l.ut t' 1 

 clutch. -v >atisti.-.| nic >, , I | ( .ft the i , low-hea-lt .1 ami 



i.lackl.ii-'ls : oe also plentiful, ami e\ 



clump of n; .tain.-.l three or four nests. As I \\a- 



;i l.a<le.I with i-t^rs I wailed to the shore once more, and 



placed the eirirs with the otllel'.s previously Collected. 



The ->un was \rry powerful, and towards evening tin 

 ijiiit' rnr: my m-ck \\ t'rom their st ' 



that I could scarcely >l,.,-p during the niifht. 1 tilled up my 

 'hat and handkerchief with ^^ and carried them further 

 alon^' the hanks of the lake towards another part of wild i 

 On my way I tlu-li.-d a male Wilsons phalar.p,- from in front 

 of i found n i ml four hands.. nn- , 



well cone, al.-d iii the centre of a i !' marsh grass. '\ 



Her than those of tin- spott-d sandpiper ami 

 iir.-d. heavil d and hlotched with Macki-h- 



I'l-own. Aft. -r tli. t'- male has laid tin- .^-,. .he l--a\ .-s t h.-ni 

 to the male liird. wi ,. m cl..s, until the . _ 



'ied. The female in the meantime . -nj. ; !f with 



