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range in the whole Class of Birds, for beginning from 

 the ancient colony at St Kilda it has spread to the 

 Shetlands and thence to the north of Scotland and 

 even Ireland. Every year finds the birds pushing 

 further southward. Each hen lays a big white egg, 

 occasionally with a few small reddish spots, on a 

 ledge of some precipice, for the most part well out of 



Fulmars on eggs 



reach without the aid of a rope ; no nest is made, but 

 an excavation is scraped in the bare earth or short turf, 

 and there the bird may be seen sitting in company with 

 many others of its species, while Guillemots, Razorbills, 

 Puffins, Gulls, and Kittiwakes are scattered over the 

 lower parts of the same rock-face. The note is low 

 and of a crooning nature, the flight strong, but often 

 performed in circles round the cliffs, when the birds have 



