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llirir young has often si ruck me as being really 

 wonderful. 1 have passed sonic several limes 21 day 

 for days together, :IIK| found them silling on every 

 occasion in exactly the same positions. However, 

 such is by no means always ihe case, as birds 

 nesting in fairly open sil nations I'mpient ly alter 



their positions^a fact duo, no doubt, in many cases 



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to the shifting of the wind, as they dislike to sit 



with their tails to it. 



The presence of sitting n;amc birds may always 

 be known by the increased si/e of their droppings 

 around |>laces where they ^o to drink. I h:i.V( 

 known a Red Grouse sit so long and closely on a 

 clutch of addled eggs that she became almost too 



weak to lly. 



Some birds may bo caught on their nests even 



when in <piile <>pni sil nations, and handled with- 

 out beino- made to forsake. Last spring my 

 brother and 1 mot with a very curious case of a 



