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is all the nest prepared for them, with the addition, 
for the most part, of a slight lining of dry grass. 
I have found the eggs fresh in May and June; they 
are a good deal like those of the peewit and redshank, 
but may be always known from the former by their 
lighter ground-colour, and from both by their greater 
breadth, the larger end forming a very perfect semi¬ 
circle ; the spots are, too, for the most part, of a deeper 
hue, being usually of an intense brown, or blue-black. 
