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by Mr. Evans to cover at least a quarter of the cliffs 

 which comprise the breeding area of the Gannets. 

 Allowing that there may be in the photograph 1200 adult 



[U. N. Bonar, Phot. 



GANNET WHEN ALARMED. 



Gannets, that multiplied by four would only be 4800, and 

 if to that we add 700 for Gannets on the wing, but not 

 far from the Rock, and another 800 for members of the 

 settlement away on fishing expeditions — though the latter 

 is a mere guess — the total comes to 6300. 



