IX 

 WITH THE SEA-LOVERS 



THE study of birds when nesting is over and 

 the young are on the wing is very different 

 from that of June. In nesting-time a bird is 

 local in his habits. If one is seen in a cer- 

 tain place to-day, he will probably be seen 

 there to-morrow ; the interest and the cares 

 of the nest keep him within limits. But after 

 the young are out, all this is changed. If 

 he is startled to-day, he is apt to remember it 

 to-morrow and avoid that place. Hence a 

 spot that is birdy one day may be quite de- 

 serted the next. So, late in the season, it is 

 better to go in a different direction every day, 

 if possible. 



It was when summer was on the wane, 

 therefore, that the bird-lover of these chron- 

 icles, emulating the wandering birds, enlarged 

 the scope of her studies. Deserting the old 

 grove, she betook herself to the shore, where, 

 seated on its rocks, she could look over to- 



