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EXPLANATION OF PLATE II 



Fig. I. Nest and eggs of Nyctanassa violacea (pp. 59-62). Albemarle 

 Island; March 10, 1906. 



Fig. 2. Butorides sundevalli on nest (pp. 62-65). Chatham Island; Feb- 

 ruary 10, 1906. 



