iSo HILLSIDE, ROCK, AND DALE 



It was a grand birdland sight to watch these 



islands and their 

 feathered inhabi- 

 tants from our 

 boat, as we lay 

 a short distance 

 from the shore. 

 The birds which 

 swarmed in the 

 air in every di- 

 rection when we 

 were among them 

 now are settling 

 down, not more 

 than a few hun- 

 dreds are left, 

 sailing in graceful 

 curves over their 

 nests, and al- 

 though the com- 

 bined chorus of 

 their cries makes 

 a considerable 

 noise, yet it is as 

 silencewhen com- 

 pared with what 

 it was. Oyster- 

 EIDER DUCK SITTING catchers are walk- 



