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9. Bird lying almost flat on the ground. 



10. Panting with the heat : all the feathers of the hack 



and sidps puffed out in the attempt to get cool. 



11. Bird startled : running. away from the nest. 



12. Young bird lying prostrate in the nest. 



13. Young bird sitting up on its " haunches/' its pro- 



tective coloration rendering it almost invisible. 



IV. Peewit, or Lapwing. {Vanellus vanellus.) 



1. Nest with four eggs in a line of springing corn. 



2. "Nest with five eggs in a grass-field. 



3. Female approaching the nest. 



4. Female near the edge of the nest : the various points 



of the plumage, as distinct from those of the male, 

 being well brought out. 

 5-8. Female just settling down on the nest, side view 



and front view. 

 9. Male approaching the nest. 

 10. Male just settling on the nest. 



11 & 12. Male on the nest during a sharp rain-storm ; 

 its plumage thickly covered with rain-drops. 



13. Male hurrying on to the nest at the commencement 



of a hail-storm. 



14. Male on the nest during a sharp hail-storm. 



15. Male brooding a chick near the nest. 



16. Three newly hatched Peewits in the nest, one scarcely 



dry. The " egg-tooth " visible on two of them. 



17. Young Peewit hiding in the grass. 



V. Wild Duck, or Mallard. (Anas boscas.) 



1. Nest with eleven eggs, photographed on the 29th of 



January, lyOo. (All the eggs hatched off two days 

 later.) 



2. Nesting-site with the eggs covered up by the female 



bird before leaving them. 



3. Duck on the same nest, photographed during a heavy 



rain-storm. 



