104 WILD LIFE AT HOME. 



ravenous appetites and bold familiarity generally 

 afford plenty of scope for picture-making. We 

 were hung up for a couple of days at the Queen's 

 Hotel, Lerwick, by rough weather, and amused 



YOVXO GULLS WAITING FOK MORE BREAKFAST. 



ourselves by feeding and photographing a crowd 

 of hungry young gulls, that were for ever hanging 

 about the bay at the back of the house. Every 

 morning during our stay the bird figured in the 

 illustration on page 101, perched himself upon the 

 chimney, invariably standing on one leg, and 

 waited until he saw something like feeding going 



