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BUM) STUDIES WITH A t'AMKKA 



Tlie birds were nesting on the upland, on tlio 

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

 land, and on tlie mcky beach''" at its base. In the two 

 first-named locations most of the nests were lined 

 with grasses, but occasionally they consisted of only 



52. Ncstiiit^ siti', iirsl, iiiiii tlini' I'^'^^s nC Common Tern. A iienror view of 

 Mc.->|. wllli siltin^^ liiiil is sliMwn ill Nils. i;;'i iiiid (11. 



a slight, l)a,iTd depression in the earth; while the 

 eggs ali)iig tlie liea(di were, as a rule, de]iosited on 

 wis])s or |iilrs of driftwcod. There wei'e perhapis six 

 or eight Rdscaft; Terns, the othei's were npjiarently 



