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A.O.U. I 



D.-iTT- June 22, 1936 



X 3 



INCUBATION- 



1/3 



;izss- 



2.19 x 1.58 



2.10 

 2.06 



x 



3 ITU ATI ON- 



Sarly 

 marsh 



one m 

 near 



1.54 

 1.56 



while or 1 .. 



in.; 



lis 



arouna in 



noticed quite a number of! 



in the marsh grass. 3einr; vevW&ftfr&f, to obt-t 

 eggs of this species, 1 decide'c!^ to investi^ 

 1 maneuvered the boat creek'wliic: 

 drained the marsh and l^B|HOp§ sofl|i jr. 

 set foot on the soft m^d nunWels oP#^e| 

 Jul Is immediately tooled© the airland be : :,;an 

 girding over my head, sere- minp;' arid-ca'wiR& 

 II There were at ljfest three or four.T 



/hundred nests on the ^KIIhWM 

 • about .two sq. miles. ./n€$& 'ifa* a* gr^'ll fres* 

 water lake in the marsh contain in - : .any' "'„, 

 small islands. The gul^js. .prefen?e-d 5 - v ta:. ne|¥^ 

 on these little islands since ea^-one wJ§^ 

 covered with marsh g&jj&^hich J&o birds ,m- 

 carried there to bu;Tvd»l^ 



there were as many ne5W*Qh &^c1f oM££i^0*ju 

 as there could possibly Togh* T]^i$'Wtv$ ic\$:£%- 

 of eggs was taken from on of the nests on oi 

 of 



the little islari 



The material i. iv; tjae. nests o:mMM 

 entirely of dead rna#jjiPgi% s s " #ne i * was \ 

 up in most of the nests to approximately 

 some of the nests, however y' wrej|'* 

 jrtiile others wre^Only four or fl 

 nis particular SeJa^i' ejss ' wa s 

 nest about 12 n hi^l^Bk4,sImf : aifi::Ae :. 

 base and about 



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