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Showing the rocky character of the shore, where boulders weighing 

 tons are hurled about during winter storms. 



We also found that there were a great many scattering nests among 

 the large rocks that were tumbled in heaps along the shore; here they 

 were made of piles of dead grass and seaweed, whereas in the interior 

 they were unlined hollows in the ground. The next day we appeared 

 in the same place with our battery of cameras and ammunition of plates, 

 and although it was still very hazy we proceeded to make the best of 

 the situation. As there were no nests with eggs, there were no stable 

 home attractions to lure a gull into the desired range and situation. 

 Obviousb^it would be useless to focus the camera on a nest even 

 though iFcontained young birds as the parent only had to give a few 

 commands in Gull language and the whole nestful of youngsters would 

 take to their heels leaving nothing for the camera to focus upon except 

 the bare ground. This is one of the occasions where a bird that hatches 

 chicks covered with down has a great advantage over those whose 

 young must remain in the nest for two or three weeks; if they are 



