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Bird - Lore 



MURRES OX THEIR XEST-SITES 



nests at all; their eggs are long and pointed, so shaped that they will roll 

 around in a circle instead of rolling off the narrow ledge, where they are laid 

 on the bare rocks; the eggs are subject to great variations in color, several 

 shades of blue, green and white, handsomely marked with dark brown and 

 black, in spots, stripes and irregular scrawls. We were soon on intimate terms 

 with them as they stood uj^right in dignified rows, like so many soldiers, or sat 



upon their eggs and watched us. 

 Most of the Murres were 

 nesting on the lower ledges, 

 which were generally quite in- 

 accessible, though if we had had 

 more time we might have found 

 some way to photograph them. 

 There were many other inter- 

 esting subjects for the camera 

 on the top of the rock where the 

 curious little Puffins or 'Sea 

 Parrots' could be seen sitting 

 in little groups on the edge of 

 the precipice, all ready to launch 

 MURRES' EGGS out into space if we came too 



