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supporting about three thousand sheep. 

 Mr. F. A. Cobb, the owner, and his hos- 

 pitable wife, insisted that we live ashore 

 during our stay there. Being a bird 

 lover himself, we found mucli in com- 

 mon to discuss. 



The first dav I started out witli mag- 



azine and })late holders full, headed for 

 an upland goose's nest which Mr. Cobb 

 had found a few days before, only a 

 mile from the house. Before reaching 

 it I flushed one of the pretty brown- 

 breasted plovers from its nest under a 

 diddle-dee shrul). After photographing 



Tliis pair ol' puiiguiiis (uc'.sling about half a mile from tlie house on Bleaker Island) resent in- 

 trusion on the foot or two of soil immediately about the spot they have chosen for a nest and are ready 

 with wins: and bill to chastise any bird coming within reach 



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Ou Sea Liou Island a colony of giant fulmars was nesting. This bird, wliicli is as large as some 

 albatrosses, lays its single egg on the bare ground. The period of incubation lasts more than a month 



