Fic. 8. A Typicat ALLIGATOR’s Nest, MADE CHIEFLY OF GRASS. 
The guide is feeling for eggs without disturbing the outside of the nest. Being 
made of the same material as the background, the nest does not stand out very 
sharply, though in nature the contrast is somewhat more marked, owing to the 
fact that the surrounding grass is green while the grass of which the nest is built 
is dead and brown. (From a Photograph by the Author.) 
