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BIRD STUDIES WITH A CAMERA 



The birds were nesting on the upland, on the 

 sloping grass bank, on the northwest side of the is- 

 land, and on the rocky beach 88 at its base. In the two 

 first-named locations most of the nests were lined 

 with grasses, but occasionally they consisted of only 



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52. Nesting site, nest, and three eggs of Common Tern. A nearer view of 

 nest with sitting bird is shown in Nos. 63 and 64. 



a slight, bared depression in the earth ; while the 

 eggs along the beach were, as a rule, deposited on 

 wisps or piles of driftweed. There were perhaps six 

 or eight Roseate Terns, the others were apparently 



