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I take are rather a miscellaneous lot : Grey Lag 

 and Bean Goose, White-Fronted Geese, Herring, 

 Common, and Lesser Black-Backed Gulls, Oyster 

 Catcher, Curlew, Godwits, Skua, and Rock Pigeon. 

 The Grey Lag and Bean Goose are supposed to be 

 in the foregfround of some sea loch ; the White- 

 Fronted Geese in a valley, with heath-clad mountains 

 and boggy land below ; the Gulls amongst rocks 

 near the sea ; the Oyster Catchers on the shores of 

 an estuary — one pair with nesting site and eggs, the 

 other with the young birds ; the Curlews on a sandy 

 shore, with a receding tide on a summer's evening ; 

 the Godwits, Knots, and Lapwings on an imaginary 

 sea loch ; the Rock Pigeons on a cliff; but this, I 

 admit, is hardly true to nature, for the mounting 

 ought to have been a sea cavern. The next group 

 — Grouse, Pheasants, Partridge, and Woodcock- 

 needs very little explanation ; all I have to say 

 about them is that the surroundings are as faithful 

 to nature as the limited compass of each case will 

 admit of. The Woodcock and Snipe case is a very 

 favourite one of mine, and the treatment is quite 

 self-evident. There are a few other birds to which 

 I will briefly allude. The Bittern has been placed in 

 surroundinofs almost identical with those in which it 

 was found. The Heron near a loch, by the side of a 

 waterfall, is quite natural to the species. The Water- 

 Ouzel and Kingfisher are both placed in surround- 

 ings in exact accordance with their favourite haunts. 

 The sea cliff of red sandstone showing ledges 

 with small shells and seaweed at its base is an 



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