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I observed that tufts of weed were brought to the surface- 

 proof that the birds were feeding, not bathing. I suppose 

 that for respiratory reasons Gulls are not able to feed with 

 only the head submerged like a duck, which in a case of 

 this kind would seem to have been the obvious thing to do. 



Maud D. Havilakd. 



NEST OF COMMON TERN WITH TEN EGGS. 

 The photograph reproduced represents a nest of the Common 

 Tern {Sterna hirundo) containing the extraordinarily large 

 number of ten eggs, evidently the produce of several birds. 

 It was found by Mr. G. H. Lings on Gardiner's Island, otf 



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NEST OF COMMON TERN CONTAINING TEN EGGS, GARDINER'S ISLAND 

 U.S.A., JUNE 20, 1915. 

 (Photographed by G. H. Lings, M.B.O.U.) 



Long Island, U.S.A., on June 20th, 1915. Another nest 

 examined by him on this occasion contained six eggs and 

 two others four each. About a thousand pairs appeared to 

 be nesting here, and the nests had not been tampered with in 

 any way. The keeper informed Mr. Lings that in some 

 years nests with four eggs were fairly common. H. Massey. 



SANDWICH TERN NESTING IN ANGLESEY. 



A COLONY of Sandwich Terns {Sterna sandvicensis) has become 

 established recently on the Anglesey Coast. It comprised 

 between thirty and forty nests when Mr. S. G. Cummings 

 and I discovered it on June 15th, 1915, and we were told 

 that a few pairs bred in 1914, but that no nests had been 

 noticed previously. In Britain, at any rate, the Sandwich 

 Tern usually nests on sand dunes or low grassy islets, but 



