racteristic ; Fig. 3, is a variety very much resembling eggs 

 of the Terns. The usual time of breeding of the RufF is the 

 beginning of June : Mr. Hoy tells me, however, that they 

 frequently have eggs early in May. The young, in the 

 downy state, are extremely prettily spotted, and like the 

 Snipe soon quit the nest, hiding themsehes amongst the 

 herbage, so that it is very difficult to find them without 

 a ffood doff. 



