AMONG THE WaTER FowL 
yards apart, everywhere through the grass. The 
date was the 2cth of June, and most. of the vegas 
had: hatched. Tiny -young Gulls in, “ay mottled: 
downy plumage were paddling through the grass 
in all directions: Our ‘conductor had =been™ here 
about the 25th of May and had found all the nests 
PAIR OF FRANKLIN’S GULLS ON THEIR NEST, WHICH CONTAINS ONE EGG; 
TWO OTHER EGGS, PROBABLY, HAD HATCHED AND THE YOUNG 
SWUM OFF 
with full fresh sets, usually of three eggs. Very 
few nests now had three, but quite a number had 
one or two, probably either second layings or where 
part of the set had hatched and the young had swum 
off. The eggs were like those of all Gulls in color 
and markings, in size about half way between the 
eggs of the Common Tern and the Ring- billed 
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