74 BIRD BIOGRAPHIES 



nest. Serious bird-photography is quite 

 one of the best sports. Perhaps the chief 

 charm of most sports is the glorious 

 uncertainty of it, and the bird-photog- 

 rapher has as many ups and downs as 

 any one. Sometimes you will work hard 

 for days and have nothing but disappoint- 

 ments, but when you have a day like 

 that I spent in the Divers' haunt, you 

 feel well repaid for all your trouble. 

 Most of the time I was on this loch, a 

 fortnight in all, a gale was blowing from 

 the west, and it made work difficult, but 

 on one occasion it was blowing with 

 such force that it was difficult to stand 

 up against it. There was one day, how- 

 ever, that I saw it at its best, and a 

 Scottish loch seen under the best con- 

 ditions is a scene worth remembering. 

 It is so unlike the landscapes of the 

 south, and I remember thinking, as I 

 rested on one of the heather-covered 

 islands, what a contrast it all was to the 



