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see. Though we were practically without movement of 

 any kind, they foimd us without fail on each occasion. 



The Common Tern usually arrives at Blakeney in the 

 beginning of May. Last year they were exceptionally 

 early. I was waked up on the morning of April 25th by 

 the repeated cries of the Common Tern, and leaving my 

 tent, instantty crossed the dunes, to see over a dozen of 

 these birds flying aimlessly over the shore line. Later 





Fig. 8. LAEGEST NEST OF COMMON TERN FOUND ON BLAKENEY 

 POINT, JULY, 1914. 



in the day they disappeared again and the Little Terns 

 with them. The first of the latter arrived on the 22nd. 

 Nesting begins in June and second clutches are usually 

 laid in July. The latest of these are seldom hatched out. 

 Li the size of nests and their materials there is endless 

 variety. The largest I have come across at Blakeney is 

 shown in Fig. 8. It was on the drift-line and made of 

 materials picked up on the spot. Except for the size, 

 it is ty3)ical of the made nests. Some of the exceptions 

 are interesting. I have seen them almost entirely 



