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ground exposing the beautiful rose color 
of her back which is usually concealed by 
outer feathers. 
We could not half hunt with that pic¬ 
ture before us. One would think an un¬ 
covered nest on the beach would be easily 
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found, but we tramped over and over the 
place before we discovered the pebble col¬ 
ored eggs. There were but three in the 
nest and the number should have been 
four. Several rods away was a lone egg 
and no nest. We wondered if Jim Crow 
had carried it there leaving but three in 
our nest. So many nests of our little 
feathered friends come to grief. 
Photo by W. L. Dawson 
NEST AND EGGS OF KILLDEER 
