1891. 
July 11
(No. 2)
England.
Bude to Tintagil. - Late in the afternoon I walked
down to the "Castle", a huge, rocky promontory with
vertical cliffs on the three sides washed by the sea.
Gulls (mostly L. argentatus with a few L fuscus and
an uncertain proportion of L. canus) were flying about
the cliffs or floating on the sea in snowy rafts or
"beds" in company with hundreds of Puffins, Murres,
[deleted]and[/deleted] Razor-bills and Black Guilemots. There were also 
Jackdaws in considerable numbers but I saw no
Choughs although they are said to breed here. In
fact a man whom I met assured me that he
had seen several to-day. He is one of a band
of professional eggers who dispose of their "plundre"
to London dealers. I went with him to his house
and was shown a number of eggs of the Murres,
Razor-bill, Puffin, and one set of Kestrel's eggs
which I bought [at] 6d. each. Peregrine's, Chough's,
and Raven's eggs are collected by these men at
6/6d each. I was offered an imperfect set (2 eggs)
of the Peregrin at this price. The eggers go
about their work in parties of five or six men
each and make use of various combinations of 
ropes, ladders etc. They took their sets of Raven's
eggs in one day the past spring (in March
just before the great "blizzard"). About one pair
of Peregrines breed for every three miles of coast.
  In the evening, after dinner, I walked down
across the fields to the shore opposite the Castle.
A Blackbird, a Yellow Hammer & several Corn
Buntings singing. Now & then a Swift shot past
low over the hedges with the speed of a meteor.