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Nest of Dunlin, Teesmouth . 610 

 Nest of Redshank amongst heather, north-west York- 

 shire .... . 634 

 Nest of Redshank, Teesmouth ..... 636 



Large flights of Godwits and other shore-birds at the 



Teesmouth in September 1895 .... 640 



Curlew on nest ........ 642 



Curlew's nest on Skipwith Common, near York . . 644 



Young Curlews just hatching ..... 644 



Curlew perching on a post, on a moor near Harrogate. 646 



Nest of Little Tern at Spurn ..... 660 



Nest of Black-Headed Gull, north-west Yorkshire . 606 



Nest of Black-Headed Gull's eggs destroyed by Crows. 666 



Nesting place of Black-Headed Gull, on the moors near 



Whitby 668 



Nest of Black-Headed Gull in North Yorkshire . . 670 



Mediterranean Black-Headed Gull .... 672 



Herring Gull at nest 674 



Herring Gull's nest and eggs, Filey . 676 



Herring Gull's nest and young, Hawsker . . . 676 



Cliffs near Whitby High Lights, haunt of Herring Gull. 678 



Herring Gulls nesting in Captivity at Redcar .. . 680 



Nest of Herring Gull at Kettleness .... 680 



Kettleness, the nesting place of Herring and Lesser 



Black-backed Gulls 682 



Kettleness, the nesting place of the Herring and Black- 

 backed Gulls 684 



Nest of Lesser Black-backed Gull at Kettleness . . 686 



Pomatorhine Skuas, Redcar 1879 7 



Ringed Guillemot and Razorbill at Staple Neuk . . 708 



Razorbill newly hatched ...... 708 



Young Razorbill ...... 708 



The Glimmer going over the cope of the cliff, and laying 



the rope over the pulley . . . . . .710 



A dangerous corner .712 



J. Hodgson seeking Razorbill's eggs . . . - 714 

 The Glimmer at work . . ... . . .716 



