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YOUNG GROUSE IN HEATHER. 



Derbyshire at the time, sent me a print of the 

 picture reproduced on page 95. He had se- 

 cured the photograph and I the disappointment. 

 When danger threatens a family of young grouse 

 the chicks scatter for safety in the heather. 



The Arctic skua, otherwise known as Richard- 

 son's skua, although a bold pirate of the seas, 

 resorts to moors in the Hebrides, Shetlands, 

 Orkneys, and on some parts of the mainland of 

 Scotland, to breed, and I have found its nest in 

 close proximity to those of the red grouse and 

 golden plover. 



It has been my good fortune to witness the 

 interesting tactics of this winged buccaneer whilst 

 engaged in open robbery on several occasions. 

 As soon as he espies a number of smaller sea- 

 gulls feasting upon a shoal of surface-swimming 

 fish, he marks out a successful member of the 



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