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pairs of ravens had nested, and were now feeding their 
young, 
‘We sat for a while at the edge of a plateau which 
forms the summit of this rock, and then made our way to 
a cairn on rather higher ground to the east. A golden 
plover whistled and flew off. Then I noticed about sixty 
yards off two birds on the ground, which I knew at once 
to be Richardson’s skua, of which I had seen one flying 
over the mountain a few moments before. Lying down 
I watched them through the glass. They both belonged 
to the dark variety, the shade of the back of the neck 
only a little lighter than the top of the head. One bird 
was sitting ; the other, standing at first, presently settled 
itself down as if on eggs. They allowed us to approach 
within fifteen yards before they flew off. I could find on 
coming up no sign whatever of nest or eggs. 
‘We walked a bit farther, but beyond tracks of rein- 
deer in the snow, saw nothing of interest till we descended 
the hill. About half-way down Powys found a titlark’s 
nest with four eggs. Crossing several patches of snow 
we reached the foot. The dogs put up a pair of rypa, 
and two others came flying down from above. 
‘Powys: then returned to the yacht. I hunted the 
lower slopes with Hyland. We found a brambling’s 
nest in the fork of an alder, just as high as I could reach. 
This nest—made of grasses, goat’s hair,” wool, feathers of 
rypa and others (among them the pin feather of a snipe), 
1 Probably reindeer hair. 
