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any quantity ; but though caught in a cage, it was another matter to get 

 hold of them ; and Lowney soon found that he could not catch them — at least, 

 not alive. But he knocked down fifteen with a stick. 



The guano, which was once got out in large quantities, is not now worth 

 going for. 



All the Pigeons on the east side of the north landing are Stock Doves. 

 This discovery was made by Bailey ; and I confirmed it* by shooting 

 one. Bailey told me it was only about the third year that Stock Doves 

 had nested in their cliffs. 



THE JACKDAW. 



One of the most abundant breeders on the cliffs of Flamborough, and 

 a great enemy to the eggs of other birds. Before the Bird- Act, when 

 the Guillemots were much shyer, the descent of a man was generally 

 enough to frighten them off the ledges ; and then, Lowney tells me, the 

 thievish Jackdaws made spoil of their eggs. I have seen the shells 

 which these knaves have carried to the top of the cliff and left there f. 

 Sometimes a Jackdaw more bold than the rest attacks a Kittiwake ; and 

 then a hard fight ensues ; but the same authority tells me that the Kittiwakes 

 get the best of it. As an old cliff-climber of many years' standing, he bears 

 a great spite against these feathered rivals ; and the old chap never lets an 

 opportunity slip of destroying both them and their eggs. 



* ' Zoologist/ s. s. vol. xi. p. 5040. f Cf. ' Zoologist/ s. s. vol. xi. p. 4957. 



