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THE. BIRDS OP RIVER AND VLEI 



emitted usually as the bird rises from the ground. We 

 took its eggs during the months of October and November 

 at Modderfontein. They are deposited in a slight hollow 

 amongst the mud-clots or shingle, where the protective 

 coloration of the eggs renders them difficult of detection. 

 These are pale yellowish thickly streaked and blotched with 









Fig. 133. — ^Three-collared Plover and egg. 



yellowish and dark brown, and are very large for the size of 

 the bird. The young nestlings when first fledged are of a 

 rufous tinge banded with black. 



The Sand Plover {G. varius) is of a dark brown colour 



