. The peregrine falcon at the eyrie. z QO § m M o KW WWH. g 3oo n wo 38 You can fly^ but you cant stoop for nuts. a little white feather sticking over one eye and nearly hiding relieving Atkinson, we found a fresh pigeons foot in the eyrie,bearing an india-rubber ring with a number on it. During G. A. Booths watch, from May 26th to May 27th,he noticed one youngster making a meal by himself off a piece ofskin he kept under his talons, and on another occasion a youngstergot hold of a mallow leaf and tore it up. He also saw a youngstereject a casting. Brown and I sailed on May 27th to relie
. The peregrine falcon at the eyrie. z QO § m M o KW WWH. g 3oo n wo 38 You can fly^ but you cant stoop for nuts. a little white feather sticking over one eye and nearly hiding relieving Atkinson, we found a fresh pigeons foot in the eyrie,bearing an india-rubber ring with a number on it. During G. A. Booths watch, from May 26th to May 27th,he noticed one youngster making a meal by himself off a piece ofskin he kept under his talons, and on another occasion a youngstergot hold of a mallow leaf and tore it up. He also saw a youngstereject a casting. Brown and I sailed on May 27th to relieve Booth, and whilehe was helping Booth to remove his gear I searched the top of theisland for castings. While doing this, Jim, our boatman, hailedme to draw my attention to the Falcon flying round, pursued bya greater black-backed gull. She flew quietly round in circles,while the gull barked at her and made vicious stoops, which sheeasily avoided ; but there was a great difference in their speed ;the gull was like a yacht easily overtaking a lumbering
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