. Wanderings of a naturalist . <U m<: asoa O CdU U H PO aBH H o bWQH zw BH. KITTIWAKES: ATTENTIVE SITTERS. The Nesting of the Kittiwake mischance must have happened to the latter, for it dis-appeared. While at the nesting ground I unwittingly disturbed twoyoung shags which wandered to a kittiwakes nest coritain-ing two young birds. Periodically the mother kittiwake,strongly resenting the intrusion, would settle on the ledgeand grab one of the young shags furiously with her latter paid not the slightest notice, showing no resent-ment for what was probably an almost everyday chast
. Wanderings of a naturalist . <U m<: asoa O CdU U H PO aBH H o bWQH zw BH. KITTIWAKES: ATTENTIVE SITTERS. The Nesting of the Kittiwake mischance must have happened to the latter, for it dis-appeared. While at the nesting ground I unwittingly disturbed twoyoung shags which wandered to a kittiwakes nest coritain-ing two young birds. Periodically the mother kittiwake,strongly resenting the intrusion, would settle on the ledgeand grab one of the young shags furiously with her latter paid not the slightest notice, showing no resent-ment for what was probably an almost everyday chastisementin a nesting ground where the quarters are so crowded. When flying from their nests I noticed the kittiwakesusually uttered a long wailing note somewhat resemblingthe word pe-oo; at other times, when flying around inagitation, they used a high note, hoch, hoch ; also a sharpcall something like kik, kik, kik. When what I imaginedto be the cock bird alighted on the edge of the nest, wherethe hen was already standing, he became most excited,shrieking out, kittiwake, kittiw
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