152 KITTIWAKE. 



The old birds exhibit much care for their charge. 



The young ones quit the nest soon after being 

 hatched. 



The plate is from an egg forwarded by Mr. Wise. 



KITTIWAKE. 



TARROCK, (YOUNG.) 



PLATE CCXXIII. FIGURES II, III. 



Larus Iridaclylus, LATHAM. 



Larus rissa, LINNAEUS. 



Rissa Brunnichii, STEPHENS. 



Kittiwake lays its eggs high up on or in any 

 -*- small ledge or cleft at the side of a steep and 

 rocky cliff by the sea. These are often so narrow and 

 apparently insecure, that Selby says the young seem 

 instinctively aware of their perilous situation, whence 

 sometimes the least movement would precipitate them 

 into the waves beneath, and are observed seldom to 

 change their attitude in the nest till sufficiently fledged 

 to be able to provide for their own safety. Immense 

 numbers of these birds build together, so much so as 

 completely to whiten the places where they assemble 

 for the purpose, and to give them the appearance of 

 being covered with snow. They often are found in 



