A J/onoi^'rap/i of Marcus Island. 



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kind, the egg will be incubated, the young come out and sit until 

 it is able to fly short distances. On some occasions I found nests 

 as high as twenty-five feet from the ground, on others as low as 



Fig. 8. Typical nesting site of the White Tern, Gygis alba killlitsi Hart. 

 The single egg is often skilfully deposited in an irregularity of the bark on 

 a slanting limb, where, without any attempt at nest making, the young is 

 hatched and brought to maturity. 



a foot from the grovmd, but at no place did I see one on the ground. 

 The 3-oung in August were most all in the pin feather and were 

 curiously marked with rusty or clove-brown edges to part of the 

 feathers of the back and head. Many were able to fly about with 



