List of Illustrations 



FACING PAGE 



STORM PETREL : THE BIRD AND THE EGG EXPOSED . . 72 



YOUNG STORM PETREL ABOUT A FORTNIGHT OLD . . 73 



YOUNG STORM PETREL PERHAPS A MONTH OLD . . 73 

 LOOKING NORTH-WEST OVER THE CONICAL PEAKS OF HARRIS 



FROM THE TOP OF CLISHAM , . , , . 80 



FIN WHALE LANDED AT THE WHALING STATION, HARRIS . 80 



THE TOP OF THE POOL . . * .*-.. . v.. . 81 



THE WELLS OF DEE , . ,*' . < , j: , t . 81 



HEN PTARMIGAN FEIGNING WOUNDED AND CROUCHING 



SNAKE-LIKE , . . . ; . . . 86 



PTARMIGAN LISTENING FOR HER CHICKS . . . . 86 



SUN SETTING BEHIND THE SOUND OF MULL .'". . 87 



THE HAZY PLAINS OF THE ATLANTIC . . * . " . 87 



A HEBRIDEAN DWELLING HOUSE . . / / . 92 



HEBRIDEAN ISLANDERS GATHERING SAND TO SPRINKLE ON 



THE EARTHEN FLOORS OF THEIR HOUSES . ; * 92 



GREATER BLACK-BACKED GULL ON HER NEST . * . 93 



GREATER BLACK-BACKED GULL : FORTY WINKS : FEELING 



THE HEAT . . . . . . ^ ^ 100 



GUILLEMOTS NESTING IN THOUSANDS ON ONE OF THE STACKS 



OF MlNGULAY . . , , . . ? . IOI 



CROWDED GUILLEMOT LEDGES 500 FT. ABOVE THE SEA : 



MINGULAY . <. . . , r . . 104 



DOTTEREL APPROACHING A NEST AT 3,200 FT. ABOVE THE 



SEA , . . . * 105 



DOTTEREL ON HIS NEST 3,600 FT. ABOVE THE SEA . . 105 



A DOTTEREL'S NEST ABOUT 4,000 FT. ABOVE THE SEA : SLEEPY 



AND CONTENTED . . .' . . .108 



DOTTEREL : THE BABY'S FIRST APPEARANCE . . . 108 



DOTTEREL BROODING THE YOUNG AT 4,000 FT. ABOVE THE 



SEA . . . -., . A ; . . . . 109 



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