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Of land birds the principal representative is the Rock Pipit, 
which nests commonly upon the suitable islands. 
Space will only allow of a very short account of the birds 
upon these most interesting Islands. To any naturalist who 
contemplates paying them a visit I can promise a thorough 
treat. The immense numbers of the birds, and the great 
variety of species to be seen cannot be surpassed in any Rawr 
-of our country. 
In conclusion, one cannot help but be delighted with the 
efforts of the Farne Islands Association, who have provided a 
_real sanctury for many interesting species. If the Lesser Black 
Back Gulls could be kept back somewhat, I am sure the rest of 
the birds would benefit considerably. One matter which no one 
can contemplate with any pleasure, and which tells considerably 
against our own county, is the fact that a lot of these dainty and 
charming Terns are, at a considerable expense, thoroughly pro- 
tected throughout the nesting season, laying their eggs ‘and 
bringing up their young in comparative security simply for the 
-purpose of finding Sport (?) for a lot of, well, I can only call 
them unthinking, individuals upon our coast, who slaughter 
them unmercifully on their passage south. 
DESCRIPTION OF PLATES. - 
Plate XXV.—Kittiwakes on Nests. 
Young Kittiwakes on Nests. 
Plate XXVI.—Near view of Pinnacles, with their crowd of Guillemots. 
Plate XXVII.—Eider Duck and Nest. 
Eider Duck on Nest. 
Lesser Black Back Gull. 
Plate XXVIII.—Kittiwakes and Guillemots on Staple Tana: 
A Group of Puffins. 
Plate XXIX.—Puffins. 
Cormorants on their Nests. 
Sandwich Terns on their Nests. 
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At the recent meeting of the Yorkshire Geological Society in the Isle of 
Man, Dr.. Wheelton Hind read:a paper on ‘Dendroid ‘Graptolites in’ the 
Carboniferous Rocks of Britain.’ One of the specimens exhibited was 
found on Pendle Hill, Yorkshire, the other in the Isle of Man. F 
The police have at last got a conviction under the Wild Birds Protection 
Act! At Horncastle recently a boy caught.a crow ina field. took it home, 
and wrung its neck. The bird had been-tamed and taught to talk by a local 
doctor. The boy was ordered to pay the costs—half-a-crown. In Teesdale, 
on the other hand, Peregrines are allowed to be caught in Pole-traps without 
comment. 
Naturalist, 
