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By Mr. II. Leyborne Popiiam : — 



An interesting series of slides, those of the Avocet 

 and Great Black-backed Gull being perhaps the most 

 successful : — 



1. Guillemots (Uria troih) and Kittiwakes (Rissa tri- 



dacUjla) on a cliff at Little Skellig, Ireland. 



2. Nest and eggs of Ilerring-GuU (Lnriis arfjentatus). 



3. Common Tern (Sterna JiuviatiUs) sitting on its nest. 



4. Arctic Tern {Sterna m«crMra) alighting, with its wings 



raised. 



5. Ditto, sitting on its nest. 



f). Little Tern (Sterna minuta) sitting on its nest. 



7. Group of Sandwich Terns (Sterna cantiaca) on their 



nests. 



8. Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) approaching its nest. 



9. Ditto, on its nest. 



10. Redshank (Totanus calidris) on its nest. 



11. Kentish Plover (jE(jialitis ale.candrlna) approaching 



its eggs. 



12. Ditto, sitting on its eggs. 



13. Avocet [Recurvirostra avocettu) stepping on to its nest. 



14. Ditto, sitting on its nest. 



15. Pair of young Avocets crouching. 



IG. Black-tailed Godwit {Liinosa limosa) rising from its 



nest. 

 17. Ringed Plover {^gialitis hiaticula) sitting on its nest. 

 18-23. Six views of the Great Black-backed Gull [Larus 



marinus) approaching its nest and sitting on its 



eggs, including one photograph showing both birds 



at the nest. 



By Mr. R. B. Lodge :— 



1. Spoonbill [P/atulea leiicerodiu) standing on its nest. 



Holland, May 1908. 



2. Purple Heron {Ardea purjmrea) sitting on its nest. 



Holland, May 1908. 



3. Nest of Savi's Warbler {Locustella luschiioides) con- 



taining five eggs. Holland, May 1908. 



