. The Oist's record . es of putrefyingfish lay about in all directions, and the smell was almost over-powering. As a great many nests were some distance from the edgeof the rocks and placed on soil, the accumulations of rotten fishand excretions had formed a deep crust. Owing to the heat of thesun, the top of this had baked hard, and when v/alking one oftenbroke through, going calf deep in the putrefying mass. The birdswould all rush to the edge of the rocks and get on the wing as wewalked through the colony, circling round and settling down againafter we had passed by. Putting my estimate at
. The Oist's record . es of putrefyingfish lay about in all directions, and the smell was almost over-powering. As a great many nests were some distance from the edgeof the rocks and placed on soil, the accumulations of rotten fishand excretions had formed a deep crust. Owing to the heat of thesun, the top of this had baked hard, and when v/alking one oftenbroke through, going calf deep in the putrefying mass. The birdswould all rush to the edge of the rocks and get on the wing as wewalked through the colony, circling round and settling down againafter we had passed by. Putting my estimate at a low figure,there must have been at least eight hundred to one thousand pairsof Gannets breeding, and the total number of Gannets on theisland I estimated at about three thousand. The eggs very soon become soiled and stained, but when freshthe chalky deposit on the shell is frequently smeared with nest which I observed contained two eggs, these no doubt(16893)z A 3 76 The Oologists Record, December 1, Young chick (Sula hassana). Grassholm Island, May 30th, 1922. The Oologists Record, December 1, 1923. 77
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