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is a fearless climber, descends the cliffs by the aid of a rope every 

 season, and takes a large number of eggs. This he has permission 

 to do from the landlord, on the understanding he leaves the second 

 lot of eggs to be hatched. He holds there is a distinct species 

 in the Einged Guillemot (Uria ringvia), and during the season 

 comes across their eggs on the same ledges as the Common 

 Guillemot ; some eggs he showed me, however, could not be 

 distinguished from some of the eggs of the last-named species. 

 I am glad to say the Chough is being protected here, and two 

 broods were reared this year. I was sorry my time was so 

 limited, else I would have visited Tory Island, which lies some 

 seven miles out at sea, and have no doubt would have been 

 amply repaid. 



I cannot better conclude than by quoting Thompson in his 

 * Birds of Ireland,' who, on visiting Horn Head, says : — " By the 

 philosophical student of Nature, however, the mighty scene before 

 him, comprising earth, ocean, sky, each in its sublimity, will be 

 considered before he turns his attention to its beautiful adjuncts 

 — the feathered race." 



