AMONG THE WATER FowL 
stones, or had betaken themselves, in small part- 
ies, for a swim out on the lake. 
‘“ WITHIN FIVE MINUTES SHE ALIT CLOSE TO THE NEST” 
COMMON TERN, ABOUT TO SETTLE UPON HER EGGS 
‘“‘AND SOON ANOTHER, AS SHE WAS COVERING HER EGGS” 
THE SAME TERN AS IN ABOVE ILLUSTRATION 
156 
ere ply had tie 
more impressed 
upon me _ than 
ever ‘that ethece 
beautiful and in- 
nocent - appear- 
ing species of the 
Laride are not 
always in con- 
duct what we 
mig hit ex perce 
froma‘ pp.eats 
ance? [nouced 
quite frequently 
that some Tern 
or Terns would 
angrily “dave 
down at a young 
Ring-bill out on 
the water, and 
strike it some 
prettys hare 
blows. One of 
my friends, who 
returned there 
later in the sea- 
son, saw Terns 
again and again 
strike a young 
Gull till the in- 
nocent head fell, 
and the bird lay 
