. Pictures of bird life : on woodland meadow, mountain and marsh . )rec(liiit^-r()uiKls hirds whicli lunc only l)ccii knownas winter visitors, or perhaps only as stuffed specimens orskins in a museum ! A little experience like tliis doesmore to broaden ones views and open ones mind thananythino- I know Curlew (^Nimicnitis ai quaitts). CHAPTER VI The Sea-birds of the Fame Islands AxYiu)])Y desirous of seeing sea-fowl at home. and ofwatching tlieir habits and customs, sliould make a pointof visiting tlie Fame Islands. Tliis group of little rockyislets, set in the North Sea five or six miles
. Pictures of bird life : on woodland meadow, mountain and marsh . )rec(liiit^-r()uiKls hirds whicli lunc only l)ccii knownas winter visitors, or perhaps only as stuffed specimens orskins in a museum ! A little experience like tliis doesmore to broaden ones views and open ones mind thananythino- I know Curlew (^Nimicnitis ai quaitts). CHAPTER VI The Sea-birds of the Fame Islands AxYiu)])Y desirous of seeing sea-fowl at home. and ofwatching tlieir habits and customs, sliould make a pointof visiting tlie Fame Islands. Tliis group of little rockyislets, set in the North Sea five or six miles from the coastof Northumberland, has been known for ages past as thesummer resort of countless numbers of sea-birds. Ever sincethe days of St. Cuthbert, and probal)ly for centuries beforethat, they have flocked in myriads to these remote rocksfor nesting purposes. I^atterly, liowever, the continued existence of this interest-ing breeding-station being imperilled by tlie greed of thefishermen, and by the thoughtless cruelty of the touristsfrom the neighbouring towns, tlic islands have l)een leased])y an association of naturalists, who employ, during theseason, four watchers to Ywe on the islands for tlie protec-tion of tlieir featliercd tenants. Tliis lias resulted in a mostsatisfactory increase in
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