GREY li. over's nest AND YOUNG 



CHAPTER XVII. 



AFTER GREY PLOVERS AT WASILKOVA. 



Examination of our Nests — Excursion to Wasilliova— Search for Breeding 

 Haunts of Bewick's Swan — News from England — Grey Plover's Eggs — 

 Flock of Buffon's Skuas— Black Scoter's Nest— Watching for Skuas' Nests 

 —Another Nest of Grey Plover— Scaup's Eggs— The Zyriani. 



On the 29th of June the weather was very wet. We 

 spent the day in blowing eggs and examining our nests. 

 We had now five nests which we were pretty sure were 



