84 BIRDS OF LOCH AND MOUNTAIN 



was swooping at me, uttering the most frantic cries 

 and shrieks ; so immediately after the photograph 

 was taken I made off as quickly as possible and 

 left her to return to her family. I often saw the 



WHERE THE CURLEW NEST. 



mother and her chicks while passing along the road 

 and on July igth the last time I saw them they 

 had grown considerably. 



By the beginning of August most of the young 

 Curlews are strong on the wing, and by the middle 

 of the month both young and old commence to return 



