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and overhead were countless Arctic, I^esser, and Sandwich 

 Terns, and Black-headed, Common, Lesser Black-backed, and 

 Herring Gulls. In the distance, magnified and distorted by 

 the mirage, which plays sucli curious pranks with the sight 

 in these shallow, sandy seas, were immense flocks of Brent 

 Geese, and smaller ones of Scoters. Terns sat on all the 



Nests of Sandwich Tern l^S/enid can/iaca). 



stakes of the salmon-nets which bar the passage in every 

 direction the whole length of the fjord, and Pintails and 

 other Ducks flew past in the distance. 



After landing, oin- progress across the marsh was 

 accompanied by a perfectly incessant babel of harsh and 

 angry protests from tliousands of indignant birds. Circling 



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