With nature and a camera; being the adventures and observations of a field naturalist and an animal photographer . )lished this feat thanhe descended again, and, sei/iiig the other, flewaway with KITTIWAKES. •26-1- WITH XATVRE AND A CAMERA. We visited tlie far-famed Pinnacles again, andfound them crowded as thickly as ever witliGuillemots, many of wliicli evidently had young-ones, for they were edging their Avay into theseething noisy mass with sand-eels in their them were a number of Kittiwakes, and tlieirdowny young ones, all of which were panting and gaping from the oppres-
With nature and a camera; being the adventures and observations of a field naturalist and an animal photographer . )lished this feat thanhe descended again, and, sei/iiig the other, flewaway with KITTIWAKES. •26-1- WITH XATVRE AND A CAMERA. We visited tlie far-famed Pinnacles again, andfound them crowded as thickly as ever witliGuillemots, many of wliicli evidently had young-ones, for they were edging their Avay into theseething noisy mass with sand-eels in their them were a number of Kittiwakes, and tlieirdowny young ones, all of which were panting and gaping from the oppres-sive heat. Our pictures of theGuillemots and Kitti-wakes were both ob-tained on the SalteeIslands. A few land birdsoccasionally breed uponthe islands. Some yearsback a Linnet made itsnest in a small elder-berry tree growing inthe Fame lighthouse-keej^ers garden, and aBlackl)ird amongst somerhubarb stalks. Amember of the lastspecies also made its nest not long ago in a liendo(;kplant growing on the Wide Opens. A number of Siielducks breed amongst thesand dunes, l)etween Sea Houses and j^amboroughCastle on the mainland, aiul the fishermen lookupon them as tlu; most artful l)irds in
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