. British birds. Birds. VOL. X.] NOTES ON TEMMINCK'S STINT. 163 scrub is knee high, and as you walk through it the wind tosses the leaves until their silvery under sides flash up in a long ripple from end to end of the marsh, as when the light strikes on the flank of a rising wave. And just at that moment a Temminck's Stint flicks up silently from her eggs, twenty paces ahead, and you lose sight of her grey wings at oilce (even if you saw them at all) in that. TEMMINCK'S STINT: RISING FKOM THE EGGS. (Photographed by Miss M. D. Haviland.) shiver of smi and wind over the willows. The accompany-
. British birds. Birds. VOL. X.] NOTES ON TEMMINCK'S STINT. 163 scrub is knee high, and as you walk through it the wind tosses the leaves until their silvery under sides flash up in a long ripple from end to end of the marsh, as when the light strikes on the flank of a rising wave. And just at that moment a Temminck's Stint flicks up silently from her eggs, twenty paces ahead, and you lose sight of her grey wings at oilce (even if you saw them at all) in that. TEMMINCK'S STINT: RISING FKOM THE EGGS. (Photographed by Miss M. D. Haviland.) shiver of smi and wind over the willows. The accompany- ing photographs of the bird were taken in such a place on the 17th July. This nest for some reason contained only three eggs. I made a first attempt to photograph the bird on the 16th, but it was very shy, and did not give me a chance. This was disappointmg, for I was to make a three days' trip into the tundra on the 18th, and knew that the eggs would hatch during my absence. The 17th was a brilliant day, and, resolving to leave nothing to chance, I went out early to find an assistant. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London, Witherby & Co
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