170 BIRD STUDIES WITH A CAMERA 
an astonishing confidence in mankind. In fact, I 
was at times vigorously scolded by some Murre 
parent, who waddled toward me, bobbing her head, 
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87. Razorbilled Auks and “ Ringed” Murre. x 3. 
and uttering a series of protesting mwrres in a tone 
so like that of a bass-voiced man, I half expected a 
larger biped to appear. 
The Razorbills were fully as tame, sometimes 
leaving their crevices in the cliff and, with a hoarse 
croak, almost flying in my face, while the Puffins 
exhibited a spirit of combined indifference and inde- 
pendence, which plainly said, “ This Rock is ours.” 
I sat down on a convenient ledge, and as the 
birds gathered about me in rows and groups on the 
border of the cliff, its ledges and projections, I 
seemed almost to be on speaking terms with them. 
