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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



Photograph from Mrs. Rosamond Dodson Rhone 



THE) NAURU ISLANDERS ARE DEVOTED TO THEIR PET TERNS 



Known as "noddies," these birds of sooty body plumage and gray heads, classed with 

 the "booby" because of their unusual stupidity, are pets of the islanders. Their eggs are 

 collected for food. 



