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wlien put off her eggs, fly to some distance and remain 

 quite flat upon tlie ground, with which she closely har- 

 monises. The nest is a mere unlined holloWj with some- 

 times a few bents in it, which may as easily as not have 

 been blown there. Her eggs number two, of light bufEsh 

 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 ereyiees. It is 

 sometimes lined with a scanty supply of dry grass j at 

 others no lining at all is used. The bird lays a single 

 rough, chalky-white egg. 



THE GARGANEY. 



Norfolk 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 



