. The birds of Iona & Mull. Birds. I have two or three times seen the Oyster-catcher in a rather unusual position—namely, on a newly-ploughed field, as if searching for worms.'' ^?A-^^^--^. Certainly, the land was liberally covered with a layer of seaweed, which is extensively, almost exclusively, ^ A habit common enough along the big rivers of the East of Scotland, but rarer in the West.—Ed. K. 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 resem


. The birds of Iona & Mull. Birds. I have two or three times seen the Oyster-catcher in a rather unusual position—namely, on a newly-ploughed field, as if searching for worms.'' ^?A-^^^--^. Certainly, the land was liberally covered with a layer of seaweed, which is extensively, almost exclusively, ^ A habit common enough along the big rivers of the East of Scotland, but rarer in the West.—Ed. K. 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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