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enemy. In the marshes a Reeve now and then flies near 
with a scarcely audible ka-ka-kuk, but she seems a dull 
bird, and makes no noisy attack on an invader. She sits 
pretty close, and the eggs are found by walking her up. 
They are generally amongst dry grass in low lying places, 
very little nest: one that I came across was in a small 
islet in a lake. The eggs are hatched up here about mid¬ 
summer or a few days after/' 
