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Another cliff view . , . . . " . . . * . 58 



A group of Gannets . . . . . . . . 59 



Gannet and Murres incubating (x 2) . . . . "'- . 60 



Nesting-site of Razor-billed Auk . . . . . . 61 



Eggs of Murres as laid on ledge . . , . . . . 62 



A Gannet colony ... ... . 63 



A Puffin sitting for his portrait (x 4) . ( - . . . .67 



Another Puffin portrait (x 4) . . ....'. 68 



Razor-billed Auks at close range (x i^) . . . . . 69 



Group of Murres, Puffins and Razor-billed Auk . . 70 



The Pillar, or Pinnacle, North Bird Rock . . . . 74 



Nest of Gannet, North Bird Rock . . . . . . 75 



An incubating Briinnich's Murre . . . . 77 



Common Murres on their eggs (x 3) . . " . . 78 



Kittiwakes nesting (x i|-) . . . . , : . ' 79 



Gannets, Murres and Kittiwakes on the lower ledges . . 80 



The home of the Ocean Wanderers . . . . . 97 



A pair of Greater Shearwaters . . . . , 108 



Two Greater Shearwaters close to vessel " . . . . 109 



The Greater Shearwaters, a hungry horde . . ~ . . in 



Wilson's Petrels, or " Mother Carey's Chicken's" . . .114 



Sooty and Greater Shearwaters . ^ . . . . 116 



Wing-study of Western Gull . . . . ". . . 131 



Western Gulls in Flight . . . . . . ...... 133 



Another study of Western Gulls . . . . . . 135 



Herring Gulls alighting on trees . . . . . . 137 



Nest of Herring Gull . . . . . . . .138 



Slovenly nest of Common Tern . . . , , . 142 



Well-built nest of Common Tern . . . . . . 1 43 



Nest of Least Tern . . . ... . . 144 



Nest of Ring-billed Gull . . . . . ., . . 148 



Nests of Double-crested Cormorants . . | . . 149 



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