Anglesey- 

 circular ; it is lined with small pebbles, chips of 

 shell, fine seaweed, etc., in a way which shows pur- 

 pose. There is often a larger stone at some point 

 in the circumference of the nest. In one nest we 

 found remarkable variation in the markings of the 

 eggs. One was normal, with the usual stone ground 

 spotted with blackish brown over grey ; two had the 

 grey markings only, and those in varying degrees of 

 faintness ; whilst the fourth, pale blue in the ground, 

 was free from all markings either brown or grey. In 

 another nest there was one egg only, and from this 

 the black-nosed chick greeted us with what was 

 probably its first chirp through the just-punctured 

 shell. The female bird from this nest rolled itself 

 about the shingle in the crippled fashion common 

 with birds of this kind when their young are 

 approached, a device generally ascribed to a desire 

 on the part of the bird to allure the intruder from 

 the nest by feigning to be wounded and incapable of 

 escape. 



Another handsome little plover frequently seen 

 on this stretch of shore at this time was the turn- 

 stone. Where a small stream debouched on the 

 shingle, a few of these birds might often be seen 

 running beside the shallow water in company with 

 ringed plovers, oyster-catchers, and the inevitable, 

 solitary dunlin, which seems to play Paul Pry in 

 every assembly. The general colouring of the turn- 

 stone is black, mottled with chestnut above, and 

 white below. The black of the breast, continuous 



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