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BIRD STUDIES WITH A CAMERA 



the hoarse note of the Razorbills formed an accom- 

 paniment. Occasionally the Kitti wakes found cause 

 for excitement, and hundreds of birds swooped down- 

 ward from their nests and circled about, calling their 



Puffins. 



rapidly uttered, distinctly enunciated kit-ti-wake, kit- 

 ti-wake. 



In addition to the great number of birds resting 

 or nesting on the Rock, an endless procession of Gan- 

 nets, Puffins, and Razorbills were flying around, but 

 never over it. Unconsciously one expected a pause 

 in this whirling throng, but although its numbers 

 fluctuated, birds were always passing. The expo- 

 sure of my last plate recalled me to a sense of other 

 duties, and when I had returned to the little group 



