. British birds. Birds. 182 BRITISH BIRDS. the nest, and then quickly changed my plate. As soon as I had done this, she became restless, and I made another exposure, and then for no reason that I could discover she jumped up and flew away. Something. FIG. 3.—THE BLACK-THROATED DIVER SETTLING DOWX. {Photographed by O. G. Pike.) had alarmed her, and I knew it was no good waiting longer, and for all my trouble I only secured these two negatives. There ^xeYe not many pairs of Geese on this western island, although it seemed to be an ideal place for nest- ing. The loch which contained the island on
. British birds. Birds. 182 BRITISH BIRDS. the nest, and then quickly changed my plate. As soon as I had done this, she became restless, and I made another exposure, and then for no reason that I could discover she jumped up and flew away. Something. FIG. 3.—THE BLACK-THROATED DIVER SETTLING DOWX. {Photographed by O. G. Pike.) had alarmed her, and I knew it was no good waiting longer, and for all my trouble I only secured these two negatives. There ^xeYe not many pairs of Geese on this western island, although it seemed to be an ideal place for nest- ing. The loch which contained the island on which I found the nest, had over three hundred islands on it, and many of these were covered with tall heather, just. 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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