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slight nest and two eggs. In Otterton Park 

 besides many woodpeckers' I have found one 

 nest of the Ring ousel. 



Unfortunately too many people have dis- 

 covered that the Ringed plovers nest upon the 

 beach; and take the eggs. Consequently, the 

 birds have left the locality. Last year I 

 counted a large flock, about eighty, in the 

 spring; and yet there was not a single nest 

 this year. I hear the same applies to Exmouth 

 warren. Years ago there were dozens of nests, 

 now only one or two. 



In 1909 I located during the season a total 

 of 156 birds' nests containing in all 416 eggs, 

 and 103 young birds : in 1910 133 nests, with 

 373 e gg s an d 131 young; and in 1911 197 nests, 

 44 e gg s an d 170 young birds.' 



