76 EGGS AND EGG-COLLECTING. 
when put off her eggs, fly to some distance and remain 
quite flat upon the ground, with which she closely har- 
monises. The nest is a mere unlined hollow, with some- 
times a few bents in it, which may as easily as not have 
been blown there. Her eggs number two, of light buffish 
to clay-brown ground colour, blotched and spotted with 
blackish-brown and grey. I have noticed that one egg in 
a nest will differ radically in the size and intensity of its 
markings from the others. 
THE FULMAR PETREL. 
So far as the British Isles are concerned, it is perhaps only 
safe to say that this bird breeds at St. Kilda, although it 
has been reported from other quarters. Its nest is situated 
on ledges of cliffs covered with a sufficient amount of earth 
for the bird. to make a burrow in, or in crevices. It is 
sometimes lined with a scanty supply of dry grass; at 
others no lining at all is used. The bird lays a single 
rough, chalky-white egg. 
THE GARGANEY. 
NorFotk seems to be the last: breeding resort of this duck. 
Its nest is situated in reed beds, or such other vegetation 
as will afford the bird plenty of concealment. It is com- 
posed of reeds, leaves, or dry grass, and is lined with 
pieces of down, the long white tips of which distinguish it 
from the Teal. The eggs are creamy-white, like those of 
