On Sea and Shore. 



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the ground and bare rocks are crowded; and as our 

 boat finally grates against the rough beach and we 

 eagerly jump ashore all becomes noisy excitement 



The Lesser Black-backed Gull. 



a perfect babel of protesting cries that is persistently 

 kept up until we leave the place. We shall find 

 that the nests vary a good deal in size, some being 

 little more than hollows trampled out amongst the 

 dense beds of campion and thrift, others more sub- 



