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never saw more than three come to maturity" (loc. cit.). During rough 

 weather many nests are washed away. On 2nd June 1902 a storm 

 washed away fully two hundred nests on Sule Skerry, Orkney Islands. 

 " The old birds stuck by their nests as long as a vestige remained, 

 trying all in their power to protect young and eggs by spreading out 

 their wings as a covering, but all in vain" (Annals Scot. Nat. Hist., 

 1904, p. 20). 



