. The birds of Iona & Mull. Birds. LETTER VII. 73 i^Sf^^ like an Otter in miniature. I was . "^ ^^'v ' very much surprised at his power of endurance. Whenever he rose towards the surface, he saw the dog's nose suspended over the spot where he was about to rise, and down he would dive again to the depths of the pool. Becoming a little ex- hausted at last, the dog dived down after him and killed him. You meet with rats in ' ^t" the most out-of-the-way .^^ ^i^. ''* '^ situations. I have taken them"^;«.. in traps set for birds among the hills, and once upon a small island in the
. The birds of Iona & Mull. Birds. LETTER VII. 73 i^Sf^^ like an Otter in miniature. I was . "^ ^^'v ' very much surprised at his power of endurance. Whenever he rose towards the surface, he saw the dog's nose suspended over the spot where he was about to rise, and down he would dive again to the depths of the pool. Becoming a little ex- hausted at last, the dog dived down after him and killed him. You meet with rats in ' ^t" the most out-of-the-way .^^ ^i^. ''* '^ situations. I have taken them"^;«.. in traps set for birds among the hills, and once upon a small island in the middle of a loch. The island is quite bare, and not larger than a table; so he must have swum out there on a voyage of discovery. A few months ago I took a Mallard in a trap, as he was frequenting a spot where I could not get near him. When he made, in due time, his appearance at table, we found several grains of No 3 quite inside his body, which seemed to have been there a. 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 Graham, Henry Davenport, l825-1872. Edinburgh, D. Douglas
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