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eg-g-s. When I visited the spot again, I found 

 that one eg-g- had been added ; but that one 

 had been sucked by crows, — the other two 

 having been removed ten feet from the orig-- 

 inal site, by the parent birds. 



Not satisfied with the look of things, I 

 began a search, — this time amid denser dead 

 g-rass; arguing that, if crows had once 

 despoiled the nest, the Bitterns would seek a 

 more secluded site. And sure enough, I 

 found the new nest in a clump of dead grass, 

 two hundred feet from the original spot. It 

 contained two eggs. The concealment was 

 complete ; and I was g"lad, indeed, to learn 

 that experience may leave even a Bittern not 

 only sadder, — but wiser. 



Hallock, Minn. 



Written for The Bittern, 



