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BRITISH BIRDS. 



the nest, and then quickly changed my plate. As soon 

 as I had done this, she became restless, and I made 

 another exposure, and then for no reason that I could 

 discover she jumped up and flew away. Something 



FIG. 3.— THE BLACK-THROATED DIVER SETTLING DOWX. 

 {Photographed by O. G. Pike.) 



had alarmed her, and I knew it was no good waiting 

 longer, and for all my trouble I only secured these two 

 negatives. 



There ^xeYe not many pairs of Geese on this western 

 island, although it seemed to be an ideal place for nest- 

 ing. The loch which contained the island on which I 

 found the nest, had over three hundred islands on it, 

 and many of these were covered with tall heather, just 



