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9. Downy young of Little Tern. Dungeness, Kent, 

 Jul/ 1907. 



10. Dunlin {Tringa alpind) brooding its young. Orkney, 



June 1906. 



11. Go\&en V\o\er (Charadrius pluvialis). Female stand- 



ing near her nest. Orkney, June 1906. 



12. Blank-headed Gull {Larus ridihundus) standing beside 



its nest. Dungeuess, Kent, May 1908. 

 13-15. Ditto, flying over their nesting-place. Dungeness, 

 Kent, May 1908. 



16. Coot (FuUca atra) sitting on its nest. Orkney, 



June 1906. 



17. Rock-Pipit (Anthus obscurus). Young bird nearly 



fledged. Orkney, June 1906. 



18. Snipe [Scolopax gallinago). Downy young in the 



nest. Orkney, June 1906. 



19. Herring-Gull {Larus argentatus). Downy young. 



Orkney, June 1906. 



20. Rooks (Corvus frugilegus) flying from their nests. 



Winchelsea, Sussex, April 1907. 



Mr, Oliver G. Pike exhibited a fine series of animated 

 pictures of birds. 



In his opening remarks he mentioned that he took his first 

 series of animated pictures of wild birds seven yeai's ago, 

 but the apparatus which he then used was so noisy that the 

 work had to be given up. Four years later he was able to 

 have a silent cinematograph specially made, and with this 

 he had secured some fine results. 



Before showing the animated pictures, Mr. Pike put upon 

 the screen a few pictures of various mammals and birds, 

 and explained briefly how these had been obtained. Then 

 followed a series of animated pictures of that little fre- 

 quented island St. Kilda, showing the life of the people as 

 well as the birds. Other animated pictures of birds were also 

 shown, and Mr. Pike stated that all had been taken from 

 absolutely wild birds. 



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