Mopern Cirrr-DweELLers 
to pass on, and scale down again and out over 
the ocean. No bird seems ever to turn back and 
alight. It appears to be a sort of social require- 
ment, in this bird-city, never to alight, except 
after the conventional circuit out over the water. 
Puthns, Murres and Razor-bills often gathered in 
groups on the rocks at the top of the cliff, but 
always at the very edge. They were not shy, and 
would let one 
approach within 
about twenty 
feet before tak- 
ie tor tive hit: 
Now and then a 
Gannet would 
perch at the top, 
but not for long, 
and it was still 
rarer to see a 
Kittiwake in 
such a position. 
Both these spe- 
cies, for the most 
part, nested well 
down from the top, but I soon noticed a group of 
Gannets only about fifteen feet down, and this was 
one of the first subjects for the camera. A _ single 
one, quite approachable both as to disposition and 
location, had a nest even nearer the top. 
It seemed impossible not to follow the birds 
with the eye, and the result at first was to produce 
slight dizziness and headache, almost “sea-sickness.”’ 
And then, too, until one gets accustomed to it, 
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“I SOON NOTICED A GROUP OF GANNETS ONLY 
ABOUT FIFTEEN FEET DOWN” 
