NAME- 

 DATE- 



Gull-billed Tern 

 ( Gelochelidon 

 June 26, 1936 



A.Q 



(Gelochelidon nilotica j *** 



?63 



3 



INCUBATION- Ready to hatch 



€5 T r7TP O 

 Oi/jiliO- 



1*64 x 1.22 g 

 1.63 x 1.25 1.64 x 1.20 : 



This spec ieHiBl ong with the " ' 



sa^, vicinity as 

 ■" island ,'T; 

 m inches 



Common Terns, nested i 

 did the Black Skimmers ow vx , 4 

 The Common Terns nested withwftt : w 

 of the Black Skimmers- the Gull^bill 

 however, preferred to hsfele&s sociob 

 nested just above h ign ; <^flp|Haprk . 

 of eggs was taken f r cm a"**n e , ^ : ^h K 1 1 

 near a small sand cim€^bout- 20 T fi 

 .tide mark. No other nesf§%£f any sf 

 bird was within 50 ydsf^^^Js nef 



is set 



IvO w . 



Near Wichapraegue , Va 



** (Sterna nilotica ).,A,0,U. Checklist 1983 



MB 



