AMONG THE WATER FOWL 



yards apart, everywhere through the grass. The 

 date was the 25th of June, and most of the eggs 

 had hatched. Tiny young Gulls in a 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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