SoA/E Remark ABLE Nests and Eggs. 8^ 



ledge of an ocean cliff, and makes not the slightest 

 nest of any kind Avhatsoever — obviously very dan- 

 gerous places to drop auy thing so liable to roll 

 away to destruction as a bird's Qgg. But let us 

 see how wonderfully the problem of preservation 







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has been solved in this matter. The Connnon 

 Guillemot's ogg has been nuich elongated, so that when 

 stirred by a strong gust of wind or l)y the parent 

 bird suddenly leaving it, instead of rolling away 

 like a marble, it spins round on its own axis like a 

 boy's top lying on its side, describes a small circle, 

 and is thus saved. Of course, even this beautiful 

 provision of Nature does not always prevent Guille- 

 mots' eggs from being destroyed, for they are 



