. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Natural history; Science. BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES J45 We flushed the birds and began looking the snow covered ground over carefully for the nest. We found none in that vicinity; but following the back tracks of a single bird, which evidently were made the previous day, we came to the spot, at least a quarter of a mile distant, where the bird had started on its walk to the water holes. On examining the place nothing but a slight depression was found, appearing somewhat dirtier •> h 'therwise clean From Photo by Ed. Rei
. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Natural history; Science. BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES J45 We flushed the birds and began looking the snow covered ground over carefully for the nest. We found none in that vicinity; but following the back tracks of a single bird, which evidently were made the previous day, we came to the spot, at least a quarter of a mile distant, where the bird had started on its walk to the water holes. On examining the place nothing but a slight depression was found, appearing somewhat dirtier •> h 'therwise clean From Photo by Ed. Reinecke We were beginning to think that the bird had taken this place, in a small clump of bushes as a refuge from the snow storms, when it was suggested that perhaps after all, the nest might be under the hard frozen snow. This was no sooner suggested than we were down on our knees, taking turns at melting the snow with our breath. After a few minutes we were rewarded by the sight of one egg, and continuing our efforts we found a fine set of four eggs, the first lying directly in the middle and on top of the three other eggs, and being separated from them by a layer of at least an inch of snow. From this I take it that when the first snow storm came, the. 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 Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. Buffalo, N. Y. : Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences
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