Mrs.

Stewart Mackenzie, offered to show the writer of this two nests upon which the birds (woodcocks) were still sitting.

We found one of these by the side of a road used for driving timber, but which was not much frequented.

It was in withered grass, and partially screened by spray and brambles.

Although the gamekeeper pointed to the place, and we were within a few feet of the bird, yet, like an unprac- tised person endeavouring to see a hare in her form, it was sometime before our eyes were able to find her.