The Sea=birds of the Fame Islands 



199 



to he increasing again. It is not so easy, liowcvcr. for an 

 inexperienced eye to distinguish an isohited pair or two of 

 any particuhn* species, mingled with so many liundreds of the 

 common kinds. 



On hmding, the numhers of white forms Hying in wild 

 confusion give one the idea of a snowstorm, and the in\ asion 



Eider-duck {Soiiuitena inuUissiiiia) sitting. 



of their nesting-ground is greeted by a babel of incessant 

 outcry. The note is a repetition of " Kreee-kr-ee." 



The Arctic Terns were mostly nesting in the shingly 

 shores, some among the stones, and others among the drift- 

 wood and seaweed abo\e high-water mark. Not much of 

 a nest is made in these situations. The Sandwich Terns' 

 nests were generally higher up, among the bladder campion ; 

 and here the nests were simple hollows in the ground, 



