dead leaves of which its plumage har- 
monizes so exactly that it can scarcely 
be detected even by the keenest eye. 
The eggs, too, are laid upon the ground. There is no nest, 
a slight hollow in the soil serving all needful purposes, and as 
they are entirely covered by the body of the mother bird, 
one never finds them except by the merest accident. They 
are curiously shaped, having no “ small end,” and are whitish 
in colour, beautifully mottled with brown and violet-grey. 
And they are invariably two in number. 
=p onal 
Mn Mp 
= 
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¥ 
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