sea coast; but frequents in preference the banks of rivers, 

 where it breeds. It lays its eggs on the sand, not a particle 

 of grass or other material being used. It is very partial to 

 sand banks, forming islands, which are often met with in 

 some of the larger rivers of the continent. It may also fre- 

 quently be found during the breeding season, upon those large 

 extents of sand, which are met with at some little distance 

 from the borders of rivers, overgrown in part with a coarse 

 wiry grass." 



