. Birds in their haunts, by the late C. A. Johns . Shetland, appearing regularly inMay and leaving in August: it is confined to a few situations andis strictly preserved, from the same motive as the Skua Gull. Itconstructs its nest on low, not mossy, heaths in exposed female lays two eggs, and has recourse to the same stratagemsthat the Plover employs to decoy you from the nest; but when aperson approaches near to the place where the nest is buHt, becomesbold and fierce, and strikes severely with the feet and biU. Thefollowing account is taken from Mr. St. Johns Wild Sports ofth
. Birds in their haunts, by the late C. A. Johns . Shetland, appearing regularly inMay and leaving in August: it is confined to a few situations andis strictly preserved, from the same motive as the Skua Gull. Itconstructs its nest on low, not mossy, heaths in exposed female lays two eggs, and has recourse to the same stratagemsthat the Plover employs to decoy you from the nest; but when aperson approaches near to the place where the nest is buHt, becomesbold and fierce, and strikes severely with the feet and biU. Thefollowing account is taken from Mr. St. Johns Wild Sports ofthe Highlands: 1 was much amused the other day by theproceedings of a pair of the Black-toed Gull or two birds were sitting quietly on an elevated ridge ofsand, near which a number of other Gulls of different kinds werefishing, and hovering about in search of what the waves mightcast up. Every bird, indeed, was busy and employed, exceptingthese two black robbers, who seemed to be quietly resting, quite* Zoologist, vol, iii. p.
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