With nature and a camera; being the adventures and observations of a field naturalist and an animal photographer . 70 WITH NATURE AND A CAMERA. was taken away, however, I sent for my brother,and although it w^as very late in the evening hemanaged to j^hotograpli me and my trophies. When Sandy Campbell saw the boys draggingthe fish past om- cottage, he told me that he re-collected the time when the St. Kildans would noteat it, as they said it had no substance (oil) in simply took the liver out of such as they. WRENS EGGS. The iq-iper and larger eggs are those of the St. Kilcla Wren, the
With nature and a camera; being the adventures and observations of a field naturalist and an animal photographer . 70 WITH NATURE AND A CAMERA. was taken away, however, I sent for my brother,and although it w^as very late in the evening hemanaged to j^hotograpli me and my trophies. When Sandy Campbell saw the boys draggingthe fish past om- cottage, he told me that he re-collected the time when the St. Kildans would noteat it, as they said it had no substance (oil) in simply took the liver out of such as they. WRENS EGGS. The iq-iper and larger eggs are those of the St. Kilcla Wren, the lower ones are those oj the Mainland ]]ren. caught, and either cured the body for exportationor threw it to their dogs. Whilst in Hirta I gave one bird particularattention, on account of tlic controversy which tookplace some years ago as to its claims to be con-sidered a distinct species; and as I do not knowany of Ihe disputants except ])y repute, what Ihere put down nuiy be taken as entirely iin})re-judiced either way. I refer to tlie Wren {Trog-lod/jtes parvulus) met with in St. Kilda. It may beworth while to mention Ixfore going any furtherthat I have been familiar witli vyvvv note, move-ment, and attitude of its mainland re})resentative THE ST. KILDA WHEN. 71 all my life, as such exjDerieiice naturally affects myvalue as an observant witness. I procured an adult male in St. Kilda, and foundthat it measured, from the point of its bill to thetip of its tail, exactly four and a quarter inches,and a specime
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