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other two eggs clean out of the nest. Finding that this 

 effort to improve matters was not successful, he left the eggs 

 and sat down on the sand about three inches away, where he 

 made another nest, shuffling from side to side and kicking 

 out the sand as he had done before. He then turned his back 

 on the new nest and drew the nearer two eggs towards it 

 pulling them backwards under his chin. He sat on these 

 eggs for a few minutes, and paid no attention to the other two 



Fig. 5. RiNLiEi) 1^lo\'ek : The inalc tligyiiig out the et 

 [Photographed by T. Leslie Smith.) 



which lay on the sand some distance away. Then suddenly 

 he rose from the eggs and formed a new hollow just outside 

 the second one, and drew all four eggs into it (Fig. 3). As he 

 sat down again, he dislodged an egg by giving it a kick with 

 one of his feet. For the first time he faced the wind directly, 

 and proceeded to brood three eggs, occasionally glancing 

 over his shoulder at the tent. The fourth egg lay under the 

 tail, quite clear of his body (Fig. 4). During that time I 

 made four exposures, and the bird took no notice of the noise 



