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BIRD STUDIES WITH A CAMERA 



the hoarse note of the Razorbills formed an accom- 

 paniment. Occasionally the Kitti wakes found cause 

 for excitement, and hundreds of hirds swooped down- 

 ward from their nests and circled about, calling their 





88. Puffins. X 2. 



rapidly uttered, distinctly enunciated Jnf-U-wahe, kit- 

 II make. 



In addition to the great iiumlier of birds resting 

 or nesting on tlie Rock, an endless procession of Gan- 

 nets, Pufiins, an<l Razorbills were flying around, but 

 ui;ver over it. Unconsciously one expected a pause 

 in this whirling throng, but altiiougli its numbers 

 fiui'tuated, birds were always iiassing. The expo- 

 sure of my last plate recalled me to a sense of other 

 dulies, and when I had returned to the little group 



