FARNE ISLANDS AND THEIR BIRDS 195 



supply their unworthy 

 fancies, I do not think 

 they would be so par- 

 tial to hats adorned 

 with such " murderous 

 millinery." 



On the lower ledges 

 of the Pinnacles, kitti- 

 wakes are seen sitting; 

 in point of fact,wherever 

 a suitable piece of rock 

 juts out, a bird of some 

 kind seems to take 

 possession of it. We 

 can get quite close to 

 the kittiwakes on the 

 larger island, and as we 

 slowly climb towards 

 them their shrill cry, 

 kitt - i - wake, is often 

 uttered, the sound to 

 me seeming to more 

 resemble give - it - air, 

 give - it - air. 1 1 was 

 quite comical when 

 photographing them to 

 hear these word -like 

 sounds so often given 



KITTIWAKES 



