towards us and about a hundred-and-fifty yards away. 
It w T as the first time either of us had seen the Godwit 
in its breeding-haunts. It was conspicuously larger 
than all the others, and in the evening sunlight its 
plumage shone with a ruddy red. After running some 
IMPRESSIONS OF DENMARK. 307 
In the cool of the evening we lay bn a dry knoll 
watching all these birds with the binoculars. The level 
bog in front was dotted with heads and necks, and from 
their actions we concluded that the reeves were not 
yet nesting. Presently A. noticed a larger bird running 
“ SHOT UP VERTICALLY FROM HER NEST. ’ ’ 
(Black-tailed Godwit—May 10,1893.) 
