Hi 



I'.IliD STUDJKS WITH A CAMERA 



sacrificed that article of apparel to STich an exlii1)i- 

 tion of Ijravery. 



As I advaiic(,i(l I began to discover nests. Some 

 were on the upland, snugly placed in the grass or 

 near a large stone," and with pretty surroundings of 

 yarrow, sumach, or Lending grasses ; others were on 

 the little shelves of the steep westerly bank of the 

 islet ; and others still on bits of seaweed among the 

 ])ebbles and roclvs which here formed the beach. ''^ 



No attempt was made 

 to take advantage of 

 the concealment of- 

 fered by the grouj^s 

 of bowlders scattered 

 along the beach, and 

 beneath which the 

 birds might have hid- 

 den effectively, it be- 

 ing prcsi;mab]y their 

 object to select a 

 site from which they 

 could 7-eadily detect 

 any cause fnr alarm. 

 As a rule, their nests 

 contained one or two 

 eggs, only a single nest being seen with three. 

 Although by this time birds of the year should 

 have been on the wing, few young of any age were 

 S(>en — a condition wliich was doubtless ex]ilained by 

 the fact that the birds, thus far, had been too much 

 occui)ied furnisliing the members of boating jiaT'ties 

 witli souvenirs of theii- da.y's outing, to give atten- 

 tion 1(1 fhcir own lioiisrlnild all'aii's. 



:4. Ni'Mt iill.l I'-KS 



ni "11 iqtland. 



