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BIRD STUDIES WITH A CAMERA 



tlie lioarse note of the Razoil)ills formed an accom- 

 paniment. Occasionally the Kitti wakes found cause 

 for excitement, and hundreds of birds swooped down- 

 ward from their nests and circled about, calling their 



b8. I'utKiis, 



rapidly uttered, distinctly enunciated hil-ti-u'cile, l-'it- 

 ti-jvake. 



In addition to the great nuTnber of birds resting 

 or nesting on the Rock, an endless j>rocession of Gan- 

 nets, Puffins, and Razorbills were flying around, but 

 never ovei' it. Unconsciously one ex])ected a pause 

 in this whirling throng, but although its numbers 

 fluctnat(Ml, birds were always passing. The expo- 

 sure of my la,st plate recalleil me to a sense of other 

 duties, and when T hail n-tui-ued to the little group 



