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two hours. Having satisfied, liis owii hunger, he spent 

 some time worrying an immature Herring-Gull which 

 also fed ravenously. He crept behind the Gull, and 

 with the inherent love of mischief pertaining to the Crow 

 family, he began tweaking the Gull's tail. Finally he 

 maliciously seized the soft feathers beneath the tail and 



Fig. 3. "COMMON SANDPIPERS CONSTANTLY RAN PAST. 

 (PhoiograpJ/ed by Miss E. L. Turner.) 



pulled out a beakful. This caused the Gull to start aside 

 with surprise and pam. 



Durmg the first week in May, 1914, I erected a tent 

 by the banks of the Tay, nominally in order to photograph 

 Goosanders. I failed to get them, though a female dived 

 just in front of the lens once while I was changmg a plate. 

 By the time the plate was in, the Goosander was fifty 

 yards away. However, as the spot chosen was a shallow 

 reach with a shingle beach between it and the main stream, 

 many species used it as a playing ground. A Pied Wagtail 



