. The oist . il-ity, undoubtedly survived the on-slaught of the egg eaters, for it con-tained five eggs. Never shall I for-get the first view I had of this was about 20 feet down a verticalcliff bordering a boiling torrent,through which fell a considerablewaterfall of turbid melted glacierwater, and I came suddenly in fullsight of it, on a level with my feet,across a 30 foot wide yawning the nest and about 50 feet awayfrom me was a Pink-footed Goosesitting tightly in a neat hollow on aherbage covered ledge immediatelyacross, and about 15 feet above theroaring cataract; but, th
. The oist . il-ity, undoubtedly survived the on-slaught of the egg eaters, for it con-tained five eggs. Never shall I for-get the first view I had of this was about 20 feet down a verticalcliff bordering a boiling torrent,through which fell a considerablewaterfall of turbid melted glacierwater, and I came suddenly in fullsight of it, on a level with my feet,across a 30 foot wide yawning the nest and about 50 feet awayfrom me was a Pink-footed Goosesitting tightly in a neat hollow on aherbage covered ledge immediatelyacross, and about 15 feet above theroaring cataract; but, the really amaz-ing sight was the gander mountingguard within a couple of feet of itssitting mate. It was not the firsttime I had seen a gander Pink-footmounting guard, quite motionless,with widely set pink legs and anxiousexpression, but, what I had not seenbefore, was the priceless exhibition ofa normally quite unapproachableGoose try and camouflage itself byturning over on its side by leaning THE OOLOGIST 99. Nest and Eggs of Pink-footed Goose at the Foot of Cliff Spitzbergen —Ilioto by Major W. M. Cosgrove. M. U. O. U. .00 THE OOLOGIST over with head and body nearly ttaton the ground, and remainins thui>with its mate, quite motionless, for eileast half a minute while I was watch-ing in amazement, felt inclined tolaugh at one moment at the comicaattitude of the gander and cry thonext, because my camera had bee ileft behind at our camp about a m:loaway! The birds eventually flew away, andit was then quite easy to see that thenest contained 5 eggs. Next day armed with camera Iagain approached the nest, and atonce saw that the two birds werepresent. As bad luck would have it,there was a strong wind blowing upthe gorge and the air was consequent-ly filled with spray from the water-fall; while to add to my photographicdifficulties, the sun was in an un-favorable position, and it was quiteimpossible to see the nest in the viewfinder of my kodak. The birds thistime appeared much
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