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BIRD STUDIES WITH A CAMERA 



Two days later I went to Penikese, and my domi- 

 nant thought on recalling the experience is an in- 

 tense desire to repeat it. Penikese, or at least its 

 northern part, is an island of Terns. On the rocky 

 beach, from which the sides of the bank lead to the 



65. Tern on upland nest. 



rolling upland above, whichever way I looked was 

 a Tern's nest with its two, or, rarely, three eggs. 

 Less frequently young Terns were seen, varying in 

 age from those just emerging from the shell to 

 others almost ready to fly, while overhead was a 



