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sometimes lined with a few fragments of shell, hut is often 
nothing more than a mere hollow. Near Husum we frequently 
observed it feeding on the mudbanks of the creek. 
Tringoides hypoleucus. 
Two or three pairs observed near Husum, close to pools, 
on the extensive heaths. 
Totanus calidris. Frisice “ Tutti.” 
Common on Sylt, Amrum, Fohr, and Nordstrand, wherever 
there was sufficient cover for the nest, which we always found 
well concealed. A few on Sudfall; common on the mainland. 
Machetes pugnax. 
Common on Sylt, Amrum, and Fohr, having its nest on a 
tussock in the wettest places. We observed some noble bat¬ 
tles amongst the Ruffs, who, unless fighting, stand bolt up¬ 
right, like Owls. When engaged in combat they stoop and 
charge like Gamecocks. The Reeves are silent except when 
they have young, then they will fly slowly round one, with a 
low guttural note. On Fohr we observed one which, from its 
anxiety, betrayed the fact of its having young. We retired 
behind the sea-wall, glasses in hand; and after waiting a 
few minutes, three young ones ran out from the grass, and 
then a fourth. Leaving my brother to watch, I jumped up 
and ran to catch them. They all scuttled away; and I could 
only secure one, the others escaping in the long grass. How¬ 
ever, we again retired to watch behind the bank, and had not 
been there half a minute before they ran out again and began 
to feed with their mother. I merely mention this incident 
to show their bold and fearless nature. We did not observe 
this species on the mainland. 
NuMENIUS PH.EOPUS. 
We saw several feeding on the ooze on the shore of Sylt, 
and one rose from some heather on the sandhills at the north 
end of the island, but we could find no nest. We observed a 
few on the coast near Husum. 
Numenius arquata. 
A few feeding on the ooze on the east coast of Sylt. 
