List of Illustrations 



FACING PAGE 



Young Ravens just after Leaving the Nest . . 109 



Razorbills with Four Herring Fry .... 114 



Ringed Guillemot at Home 114 



Razorbills in Conclave 115 



Guillemots : A Leisured Toilet 115 



Puffins with Sand Eels 116 



Puffins : Somewhat Weary 116 



A Raven's Nest and Eggs in a Snow-clad Gully . -117 



Guillemots with their Catch 128 



Gannets at the Bass Rock 129 



Gannet: Poised 130 



Gannets at the Bass Rock : " Full steam ahead " . 131 



An Immature Two- Year-Old Gannet .... 131 



"Good Hunting, My Child" 134 



The Pools of Dee, with Lochan Uaine in the Dis- 

 tance 135 



An Autumn Snowfall on the Lairig Summit . . 148 



Salmon Spawning-Ground on the Upper Dee . . 148 



Loch Einich and Sgoran Dubh . , . .149 



Sgoran Dubh, looking North : An Autumn Snowfall . 152 



Sgoran Dubh : An Autumn Snowfall .... 152 



Sgoran Dubh : A Pilgrim in Snowy Wastes . . 153 



Ben MacDhui in September 153 



Ben MacDhui in September : Looking Westward into 



CoiRE Odhar 162 



Loch Etchachan and Beinn Mheadhon . . . .162 



An October Day in the Forest : Across the Snow- 

 covered Tops : Spying the Corries . . . 163 



Sun and Storm-clouds 176 



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