THE OOLOGIST 



seemed to be worried, carrying a 

 big piece of newspaper in her bill. She 

 was waiting for me to go away. This 

 bird heard her mate not far away so 

 she darted in his direction. A few 

 notes were exchanged and like an 

 Indian arrow she dropped to a large 

 weed near a path between my shop 



and the lake. She disappeared into 

 the weeds and I said, "Old lady, I've 

 got your number." The nest was near- 

 ly completed. It was three feet up in 

 the forks of this large weed well con- 

 cealed. Nest discovered June the 

 eighth. On June the tenth one egg 

 was laid. On June the fifteenth there 



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