'THK WHOLE COMMUKITY ATTACKED HIM" 



CHAPTER XXVII 



Different kinds of Gulls : Large Collections of — Breeding-places— Islands on a Loch 

 — Eggs of Gulls — Young Birds — Food and Voracity of Large Gulls : Salmon-fry 

 killed by — Boatswain-Gull — Manner of procuring Food. 



As great a variety of the gull tribe ' frequents the Findhorn Bay 

 and the Moray Firth as perhaps is to be seen in any one locality 

 in Great Britain. To the uninterested passer-by a gull is a gull, 

 and nothing more, whether the race is represented at the moment 



' St. John here gives an excellent picture of a fresh-water loch in the North of Scotland. 

 Black-headed gulls breed at Loch Lee and on Belivat Lake. The particular spot here 

 meant is probably the " Pictarnies " Loch in Darnaway Forest. 



