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Excerpt from Proceedings and Annual Report of the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, Vol. 8: For the Year Ending 31st March, 1942 (Sixty-First Year); Part Vi, 1923-1924 The zoologists were not so fortunate, as owing to a recent spell of dry weather, the drains had practically dried up, thus preventing any work being done in the freshwater fauna. They were, however, rewarded by being able to observe an abundance of bird life, which included snipe, wild duck, teal, reed-bunting, stonechat, Ste. A snipe's nest was found containing four eggs, and the nest of a sandpiper with empty shells only. A young lapwing, as yet unable to y, was seen strutting about on the edge of the lake with apparent unconcern, while a quiet plop in the water told of the presence of the little grebe or dab-chick, its nest being afterwards found. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.