July 25, 1951. Eggs still present in the nest cavity; female not in evidence, but might have been concealed in corner of nest chamber as it was not disturbed.
July 28, 1951. Female was again found with the eggs. One or more of the seven remaining eggs were punctured in moving them during their examination. Eggs about 16 × 10 mm.
August 3, 1951. Female was in nest with the eggs some of which are slightly indented from drying.
August 6, 1951. When rock was turned, female darted out and ran to cover about ten feet away. The eggs had hatched but two young remained in the nest cavity, still rather slow and feeble in their movements and not yet fully active. When routed from cover a second time, the female ran back to the nest rock and took shelter beneath it.
No. 4. On upper slope above ledge, under a rock 18 × 9 inches, in site shaded most of day; burrow nearly concealed beneath rock.
June 24, 1951. Nest occupied by a gravid female, apparently ready to lay.
June 30, 1951. Rock covering this nest has been undermined by a mole tunnel, and many nearby rocks are undermined also. The eggs were almost certainly destroyed by the mole’s tunneling and may have been eaten by it, since no remains are in evidence.
No. 5. At hilltop ledge beside old abandoned road, beneath flat rock nine inches in diameter and about 11⁄2 inches thick, shaded for first half of morning and most of afternoon, but exposed to mid-day sunshine.
June 29, 1951. Standing water in bottom of nest chamber 11⁄2 inches below underside of the rock. Some of the eggs are more than half submerged. One egg is 14 × 8 mm.
July 21, 1951. Entrance of abandoned nest burrow has been enlarged by running water channelled through in run-off during and after heavy rains; shrivelled remains of eggs present at the bottom of the burrow.