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alcove, walked about, turned round with difficulty owing to high 

 wind. Went on to nest from burnt patch. At 12.43, as sun 

 was shining, took her feeding young. Fed again at 12.47, 

 12.49, 1.9, and 1.15 p.m. Earl relieved me at 2 p.m. Changed 

 plate, but Raven did not return before we left at 5.30. Saw 

 male transferring food to female on opposite fell about 4 p.m. 

 No bird on negative taken. "What had happened was that when 

 she fed them they were quite in the dark recess behind nest, and 

 the tent being below level of nest, I could not see this. 



21st. — Earl departed early, and stuffed recess with turf and 

 heather to keep the young to the front. I followed later. Earl 

 left me at 12.20. At 12.30 Eaven flew on to chasm nest and 

 peered down ; young crying all the time. Then she soared 

 away. Eepeated this two or three times, and the last time got 

 as far as the burnt patch. Twice she flew away from this. 

 Once whilst standing there she momentarily regurgitated a piece 

 of placenta, which showed red between her mandibles. Then 

 three or four times she flew from the patch to the nest, and 

 when just about to alight flew away. At last, at 12.45, she 

 flew on to the nest, and I took her, and was sorry, as she had 

 alighted quite close to camera and was out of focus. She walked 

 on to the nest, and after feeding young croaked at the heather 

 and flew away. It certainly does not take much to scare her. 

 The male was close by, although I could not see him ; both 

 croaked loudly, as if annoyed. At 12.53 she flew on to nest, 

 and apparently only fed larger of the two young. At 1 p.m. 

 Earl returned, and I changed the plate, and he left me at 1.10 

 to return at 2 p.m. Female pitched on chasm nest at 1.15 and 

 peered down. The young were apparently asleep as they made 

 no outcry. She then flew away, and did not return till 1.50, 

 when I heard her croak, and found her in the alcove. She 

 looked towards nest and croaked, but young did not reply. She 

 picked up dead heather-stems and dropped them over edge, and 

 seemed annoyed. Then she suddenly cried out and flew away. 

 Earl was within a few yards of tent. She had never let him get 

 so near before. He says both birds made a great outcry this 

 morning when he was blocking the recess, female flying about 

 quite close. Once when he had to shift one of the young, and 

 it cried out, she flew within eight feet of him, as if about to 



