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Goslings it paid the penalty ; the keeper 

 stalked up to the nest, and when he was 

 near it one of the Crows flew over and 

 was immediately shot. This proved to 

 be the male. The following day the 

 keeper went to the Crow's nest again, and 

 found that the female had in one short day 

 found another mate ; she had mated up 

 with a Carrion Crow this time, and she 

 and her new mate were both shot near the 

 nest. Wild Nature seems to be one long 

 story of one creature robbing another, for 

 it was discovered that the young Crows 

 had disappeared from the nest, and no 

 doubt a rat had taken them during the 

 Crows' absence. Anyway, I was glad to 

 learn of the death of the Crows, for they 

 were doing a vast amount of harm 

 amongst the rare birds of that loch. 



Not very far from the island on which 

 I photographed the Goose, we found the 

 two large eggs of the Black-throated Diver. 

 As a rule not much attempt is made at 



