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WILD NATURE'S WAYS. 



RAZORBILLS. 



to mark their pleasure in the declining heat of 

 the sun, which had distressed them to the point 

 of gaping during the afternoon. Our illustration, 

 which was secured by a rapid exposure, proves 

 that they do not move their wings in unison. 



On the following day I visited a famous 

 kittiwake haunt called the Slunk, reached by a 

 climb over the top of the Craig, and the descent 

 of a long grass -clad slope of terrifying steepness. 

 Once down on the edge of the cliff, however, 

 you can walk with ease out along a narrow 

 promontory of rock, and, turning your back to 

 the sea, get an excellent view of a fine colony of 

 these charming little gulls at home, with an 

 occasional common guillemot, and razorbill, nest- 

 ling in peaceful harmony in their midst on a 

 rock face less than a dozen yards away. 



