BEHIND THE VEIL IN BIRDLAND 



bird, when she alights on the nest, walks slowly towards the egg, 

 and pushes it under her body with her beak, until it is firmly wedged 

 between her legs ; then she shuffles and pushes until the egg is 

 placed in this cavity. If the birds leave their nest in a great hurry 

 it often happens that they take their egg with them for a short 

 distance ; then it drops and is broken on the rocks far below. 



The Fulmar Petrel will sit very closely when on its egg, but 

 it is very difficult to approach when the nest contains its solitary 

 youngster. One would think that this habit would be reversed, but 

 it is not so, and the birds will remain on their eggs and almost 

 allow a person to touch them, but will leave their young when we 

 are ten yards away. 



