THE LEAST UrTTERN 



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3'3. Lea>t Bittern oatinir her e^ir?. 



■we were present, and the following day we foimd 

 tlieir nest empty — a mute protest against fate. 



The female of the seci nid nest discovered, in Tvhicli 

 onlj' two of the five eggs had been injured, proved to 

 be a bird of character. 



