. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. ^^ bird. A keeper I know, whoMid=Air. ^ lives near the ravens haunt, was once sitting near to a nest containing a brood. One of the old birds was flying about the steepBLUE Trr. dingle or gorge on the hillside, barking defiance, and trying to guard his young. A too venturesomekestrel, which, I beheve, had a nest in the same dingle, beganflying round the larger bird. This so angered the raven thathe attacked the kestrel without more ado. The latter, withmuch better powers of flight, simply toyed with his adversary,and for a l
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. ^^ bird. A keeper I know, whoMid=Air. ^ lives near the ravens haunt, was once sitting near to a nest containing a brood. One of the old birds was flying about the steepBLUE Trr. dingle or gorge on the hillside, barking defiance, and trying to guard his young. A too venturesomekestrel, which, I beheve, had a nest in the same dingle, beganflying round the larger bird. This so angered the raven thathe attacked the kestrel without more ado. The latter, withmuch better powers of flight, simply toyed with his adversary,and for a long time the two soared round and about, thekestrel seeming to enjoy the fun, while the raven, to judgeby his angry barks, was becoming more and more last he became more determined, and with one desperaterush caught up to the Httle brown hawk, and with a deadly. Home Life in Bird-Land 237 blow struck him down. For the last time the kestrel dropped with closed wings, ashe had done many a time before when catching his prey, but this time he fell tothe banks of the picturesque waterfall at the bottom of the dingle, and when thekeeper went down he found that the birds head was nearly severed from its raven had probably struck his foe with one of his great wings, and to judge byhis contented calls as he returned to the nest, this outlaw of the air felt wellsatisfied with his victory. There are two colonies of Cormorants on the Fame Islands, the best knownbeing that on the Harcars; the other is on the most distant of the islands—the Megstone Eock. We visited both, but the birds were not in theirCormorants, most amiable mood, and would not let us go too close. However, by gradually working closer and exposing plates at each stopping stage, wewere able to secure some satisfactory pictures. When all the birds had left, we wentamong the nest
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