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her anxiety she gave away the approximate location of her 

 eggs. We then watched her. These desperate attacks on 

 the Skuas, and indeed on all intruders, we noticed at several 

 sites, particularly at a site on the Canard Islands. Every 

 bird that came near the eggs, which were on the point of 

 hatching, the Turnstones attacked until they had driven 

 them away, and certainly the Skuas were easily deterred from 

 further investigation of the eggs. 



As to the habits of the male and female Turnstones when 



TURNSTONE : FEMALE INCUBATING. 



{Photographed by Seton Gordon.) 



breeding the following observations may be of interest. 

 Firstly, the brighter colours of the cock are most noticeable, 

 especially the orange and also the difference in shape of the 

 black gorget. With a good pair of glasses no mistake ought 

 to be made. The cock's note is much stronger and fuller than 

 the hen's. The notes are very metallic and consist of two 

 kinds, an alarm note (private) and an attack note (public). 

 The former is just one note sounding like " tche " and is 

 repeated once or twice with a two-second interval. The 



