NESTS NEAR WATER 165 



of the water. The water-hen's nest is some- 

 what similar, but is usually placed among the 

 rank grasses and herbage at the water's edge. 

 The sandpiper's is generally not very far from 

 the water, although in a recent instance one 

 built more than one hundred yards from the 

 loch side, with a high road and a railway inter- 

 vening. 



