. British birds. Birds. 90 BRITISH BIRDS. ON THE FOOD AND FEEDING-HABITS OF THE RAZORBILL. On June 30th, 1909, I visited one of the loftiest stack of rocks of the Scilly group for the purpose of watching the various sea-birds which breed there. LTpon reaching the summit, some 140 feet high, I found myself in the midst of a colony of Razorbills (Alca torda). Many of these birds sat in rows on the great rugged boulders piled up one above the other, which formed innumerable suitable recesses for nesting ;. RAZORBILL CARRYING SAND-EELS TO YOUNG. {Drawn by F. W. Frohawk.) in these I found many youn
. British birds. Birds. 90 BRITISH BIRDS. ON THE FOOD AND FEEDING-HABITS OF THE RAZORBILL. On June 30th, 1909, I visited one of the loftiest stack of rocks of the Scilly group for the purpose of watching the various sea-birds which breed there. LTpon reaching the summit, some 140 feet high, I found myself in the midst of a colony of Razorbills (Alca torda). Many of these birds sat in rows on the great rugged boulders piled up one above the other, which formed innumerable suitable recesses for nesting ;. RAZORBILL CARRYING SAND-EELS TO YOUNG. {Drawn by F. W. Frohawk.) in these I found many young birds in down, of various sizes, but none more than half grown. The old birds appeared fearless of my presence ; they sat quite still in rows only a few feet away, simply staring at me. A large number were con- tinually arriving and leaving the rocks, and several brought in fish for their young ; now and again these fortunately settled close to me, when they gave me excellent opportunities for observation. I counted as many as twelve small fish in. 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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