110 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 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 
