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Royal terns on an island oil' (lie i\orlli C arolnia loasl. i.«rii-(l l.y the North Caiolina Auiluliou 

 Society. Tlie breeding places of the sea birds are cared for by the Society with the result that ten 

 thousand young birds were reared one summer recently on the rookery islands 



The demand for the skins of terns and gulls for the millinery trade and the resulting wholesale 

 slaughter, have made these birds extremely scarce in many regions. On the bird reservations, storms and 

 high tides are now their only enemies, but these causes sometimes destroy many thousands of eggs a year 



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