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were apparently fed on small fisli, wliich the parent 

 bird placed in their open mouths while standing just 

 within reaching distance. None of the several pic- 

 tures of these birds were wholly successful, but in 



(jl. Tern ulxiLit to feuJ yoiilii,^ Siiuiu nr.^t as JS'o. IJO. 



all of them the old birds seem to be much more 

 graceful in form than the parent of the newly 

 hatched young in the seaweed. 



A less experienced Tern had placed its nest of a 

 few bits of seaweed among the pebbles, almost 

 within reach of the waves. This bird was singu- 

 larly restless, turning its head from side to side 

 so constantly that its picture was secured only by 

 pidling the long thread the moment after the bird 

 moved. "^'"* Like all the birds photograjihed on the 



