30 Life and death tread in one another's footsteps. 
He flies more on a level with the eyrie, and gives his warning notes 
to the young, who immediately hurry to seek cover, and take more 
notice of their father’s warning than they did of their mother’s. 
The warning notes of the Tiercel do not sound to me so quick and 
sharp as the “ Hek, hek, hek’’ of the Falcon. They appear to be 
slightly longer, more like ‘“ Hurr, hurr.” A very few moments 
after the Tiercel left I was greeted by my friends with ‘ Good 
morning! How goes it?”’ So he had stayed feeding in the eyrie 
until they had almost clambered down to it. My place was taken 
by Dr. Heatherley, and as soon as I had got my boots on I went 
across to the eyrie and found the remains of the meal consisted of 
one leg, part of the back and both wings of the puffin. It is curious 
how varied the condition of the quarry is when brought. Except 
for being headless, last night’s puffin was almost intact, while this 
morning’s puffin was not only beheaded, but well plucked also. 
The passerine birds brought were absolutely intact, while what 
was brought in by the Falcon for the Tiercel’s own consumption 
consisted of fleshy parts of birds, not only plucked but absolutely 
skinned as well. After being relieved I went to an island about 
two miles away. Soon after landing there we found a mass of 
feathers on the shore and the head of a puffin, which was quite fresh, 
with the eyes clear and full as in life. Beyond a doubt the head and 
feathers of the puffin I had seen two hours previously brought in 
by the Falcon and torn up by the Tiercel, an interesting coincidence. 
