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a heron's meal : 39 whiting in one night . 96 

 heron disturbed while fishing. . .. .98 

 lesser black-backed gull seen above the water 100 



THE LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL : SWIMMING ON THE 

 SURFACE : DIVING AFTER A FISH . 



STOMACH CONTENTS OF BLACK-HEADED GULL 

 NATURAL SIZE : AIR VESICLE MAGNIFIED 15 

 DIAMETERS .... 



STOMACH CONTENTS OF BLACK-HEADED GULL 



OTOLITHS AND AIR VESICLES AS INDICATION OF 

 FEEDING ..... 



STOMACH CONTENTS OF HERRING GULL . 



STOMACH CONTENTS OF A HERRING GULL : 140 GRAINS 

 OATS, 460 GRAINS WHEAT 



STOMACH CONTENTS OF BLACK-HEADED GULL : 

 FLIES : GHOST MOTHS . 



CRANE 



THE KINGFISHER : A FISH : THE DIVE 



THE KINGFISHER : GOT HIM 1 GONE 



KINGFISHER I REPOSE AFTER A MEAL 



DRY FLY AS SEEN BY A TROUT 



THROWING A LINE INTO RUNNING WATER 



THE ANGLER AS SEEN FROM UNDER THE WATER 



THE ANGLER AS SEEN FROM BELOW THE WATER 

 DRESSED IN A GREEN TWEED SUIT AND WEARING 

 A WHITE DUST COAT . 



THE FLASHING FLY .... 



MALE AND FEMALE TROUT ON THE SPAWNING GROUND 



RAINBOW TROUT : A FIGHT TO THE DEATH 



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