. Birds through the year . ich many beautiful littlescenes of wild life are oftenwitnessed. Male herring gullswatch proudly and peaceablyby the side of the sitting henon a lonely ledge, girt with shadowed in yellow a stones pink sea-thrift andwith wild cabbagebloom ; and onlythrow away from their airy ter-race, but divided for winglesscreatures by a gulf paved bythe sea, a long hanging slopeis dappled with the pure greyand white plumage of thebrooding and nesting the whole colonymay be lapped in silence andthe sunshine; but generally,even when they are quite un-disturbed by int
. Birds through the year . ich many beautiful littlescenes of wild life are oftenwitnessed. Male herring gullswatch proudly and peaceablyby the side of the sitting henon a lonely ledge, girt with shadowed in yellow a stones pink sea-thrift andwith wild cabbagebloom ; and onlythrow away from their airy ter-race, but divided for winglesscreatures by a gulf paved bythe sea, a long hanging slopeis dappled with the pure greyand white plumage of thebrooding and nesting the whole colonymay be lapped in silence andthe sunshine; but generally,even when they are quite un-disturbed by intruders or visiblealarms, some of the cock birdswill be stretching their throats and uttering their loud barking cries. Scattered here andthere, and generally on the outside of the settlement, thedark slaty back of the lesser black-back contrasts with hersnow-white head as she sits. Beyond another chasm, wherea narrow green chine runs from the cliff-top down towardsthe sea another black-back catches the eye, nestling in the. ~ Z?f SEA-THRIFT 142 SPRING lee of an upstanding pinnacle ; and presently the male greatblack-back struts slowly over the curve of the ridge, andgazes menacingly at the world on this side. Gulls nests are strewn about the cliffs from just beneaththe summit to the lowest ledges occasionally splashed withthe spray. They are loose beds of various kinds of vegeta-tion, differing considerably in size and in the materials ofwhich they are built. The birds seldom carry material fromany great distance, but pull together the nearest stems, blades
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