and breed on their borders, amongst the thick cover which 

 generally skirts them. They lay from eight to ten eggs. The 

 great body of these birds certainly leave for northern coun- 

 tries ; a very few only remaining in temperate climates, in 

 some favourable localities. 



The kindness and perseverance of Mr. Hoy and Mr. Proctor 

 have enabled me, ere the present completion of my work, to 

 add Figures of the eggs of the three accompanying species. 

 Those drawn at Figs. 1 and 3 were brought from Holland, by 

 Mr. Hoy, from whom I received them, with the brief notices 

 attached to each. 



