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WILD LIFE OF SCOTLAND 



limitations of gulls and divers. The last I saw was 

 enacted in a patch of sunlight, shot from behind a 

 cloud on a grey sea, and was as bright as it was 

 lively. The prevail- 

 ing white of 

 the breasts 



..,. 

 I 



was 



almost 



dazzling in its purity. 



Great solan-geese rose high in the air, and shot 

 down again into the water. Under the glass, the 



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divers, including guillemots and razorbills, could 

 be made out disappearing and rising in the busiest 



