Notes on the Eider

seemed to do the major part of the feeding) close round me in a most excited stsc, and as I continued to retain the young one, he eventually flew up into the ash tree, where he tenmined until I released it, and removed from the locality. The average dimensions of the four nests found are as follows, viz: Outside diameter 3] inches, inside 2•, outside depth 2« inches, inside l«, and it will be noticed all were lined with the plant down and flower heads of the Pearly Everlasting, a plant which grows very abundantly here, and is much used by many species of birds for nesting purposes, especially by robins who use it largely in the foundations of their