F.S. Graves and P. Ralfe

“ We were shown an egg which a few days before had been taken on a ledge on the rocky side of the Glen.
Peregrine Falcon (F. peregrinus) .—One twice rose from a gully on the coast, where a few sticks of an old nest were to be seen.
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) .—There is a small settlement on the cliffs, a number of nests being placed near together on ledges just under the edge of the brow, and others at a little distance more widely scattered. In the heat the old birds sat with gaping mouths on the great whitened structures, which were very conspicuous. ”

“ Nests in abundance almost all round it, sometimes on the hill-sides at a little distance back from the cliff, but not in the interior of the islet. On the southern promontories, where the turf consists chiefly of seapink, the nests were large brown structures formed of the torn-up tufts. Most nests had three eggs or newly-hatched young. ”

“ A nest with eggs concealed behind a tuft of sea-spleenwort in a cavernous situation near the sea.
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa grisola) .—We observed one or two in the Glen, and one frequented the bushes round the cottage. It has seldom been noticed in Man.
Swallow (Hirundo rustica) .—A few flying about near the Glen, in the sunniest part of the islet. ”