. British birds. Birds. 176 BRITISH BIRDS. VOL. XVT. Each pair of Great Skuas seemed to have its own Httle area, and the nests were some Httle distance apart. It was very amusing watching them from the hide, for they waddled about and made guttural quacking noises so that thej^ reminded one of big ducks. On the ground their utterances are chiefly of the quacking description, but in the air they give a loud screaming ^.;,! IvUA ALIGHTING. [Photographed by F. Pitt.) The next place in Shetland where we met with the Great Skua was on a moor in the north of Mainland, but I do not give the
. British birds. Birds. 176 BRITISH BIRDS. VOL. XVT. Each pair of Great Skuas seemed to have its own Httle area, and the nests were some Httle distance apart. It was very amusing watching them from the hide, for they waddled about and made guttural quacking noises so that thej^ reminded one of big ducks. On the ground their utterances are chiefly of the quacking description, but in the air they give a loud screaming ^.;,! IvUA ALIGHTING. [Photographed by F. Pitt.) The next place in Shetland where we met with the Great Skua was on a moor in the north of Mainland, but I do not give the locality more precisely as the district is a difficult one to protect. The colony is a small one, numbering but two or three pairs, but it is not a new one, as the species has nested there for many years. Arctic Skuas also breed there, and in considerable numbers, but again the two species keep apart. The Great Skuas occupy somewhat higher ground, but their respective nesting territories do not differ so sharply. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original London, Witherby & Co
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