256 A YEAR WITH NATURE. 



The Dunlins and Curlews are well worth observing at this 

 season, as well as the five or six Gulls. Notice that the Black- 

 headed Gull is no longer black-headed now he has lost the 

 distinguishing mark and on the wing may be mistaken for one 

 of his relations. The Whimbrel, too, is a most interesting bird 

 and repays a careful study, a remark which also applies to the 

 Comorant and the Shag, the graceful Terns, the Guillemots, 

 and the Puffin. All birds are, however, interesting, but these 

 few varieties specially present themselves to me as I pen 

 these lines. 



Thus we leave what is generally termed as muggy November 

 for December, the closing month with which we have to deal. 





