. Travels of a naturalist in northern Europe, Norway, 1871, Archangel, 1872, Petchora, 1875 . ere the hummocks lie in ridges and not broadcast, andwhere the flat peaty bogs are most abundant. We believe they choose these situations partly, if notwholly, on account of the presence of a larger quantity ofyellow-green moss, which must afford excellent conceal-ment for the young, to which it so closely approximatesin colour. We have observed before, in Scotland, how difficult itis to detect young Golden Plovers (as compared withmany other young of waders we have taken), as they lieflat upon the sp
. Travels of a naturalist in northern Europe, Norway, 1871, Archangel, 1872, Petchora, 1875 . ere the hummocks lie in ridges and not broadcast, andwhere the flat peaty bogs are most abundant. We believe they choose these situations partly, if notwholly, on account of the presence of a larger quantity ofyellow-green moss, which must afford excellent conceal-ment for the young, to which it so closely approximatesin colour. We have observed before, in Scotland, how difficult itis to detect young Golden Plovers (as compared withmany other young of waders we have taken), as they lieflat upon the spongy, yellow-green patches of moss, headdown, and legs drawn in under the body. We are fortunate in securing these specimens is possible we may not get any more, after they canmove about and secure better concealment. The nearly-hatched eggs we have laid upon warmedcotton wool along with the young, and covered them allover carefully and lightly with Gooses down, and we hopefor the best, and that we shall be as successful as was with his young Eaglet {Ootheca WoUeyana).. F-i^ OUR SLEIGH (v. iiext page).
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