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clutches, laid by different females, the second having been 

 deposited after the first was forsaken. Common as is the Cuckoo 

 on our Broads, I have only once heard of its selecting a Bearded 

 Tit's nest for its egg, and in that case, as the clutch was taken, 

 there is no proof that the young Cuckoo wouid have been 

 reared by its foster-parents. 



17th. — Eight Oystercatchers on Breydon Broad (G. Jary). 



18th. — There is now an Oystercatcher's nest t at Blakeney 

 with three eggs, and another with six (see photograph), the 



Eggs of Oystercatcher. 



produce of two hen birds in the opinion of Mr. William Kowan, 

 who spent some time at the Point with Professor Oliver. I learn 

 from Mr. Kowan that a third nest was discovered containing 

 three fresh eggs, which a Book subsequently ate, and that Oyster- 

 catchers were locally considered to have been more numerous 

 in 1913 than for some years. 



20th. — Enjoyed another excursion with Sir E. Gurney to the 

 Broads, where there is always something to see, but we were 

 sorry to miss the pair of Montagu's Harriers from the marsh 

 where they had been last year. However, this disappointment 

 was more than balanced when a little before half-past five a fine 

 Bittern was viewed approaching with lazy flight, extended legs, 

 and retracted neck from the same direction as one had come 

 when Mr. Bonhote and I were on this Broad one warm July day 

 two or three years ago. On perceiving itself watched by three 



