BLAKENEY POINT IN 1913. 
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Faunistics. 
The animals of the Point offer an attractive field, which has 
been studied side by side with the plants. The Terns and 
other wild sea fowl which breed here have received a large 
amount of attention at the hands of the Faunistic section (see 
Publication No. 5), culminating last summer in a census of the 
Tern colony — a tabulation and registration of all the types of 
nests and eggs ; dimensions, ground colour, mottling, etc. 
These results are now being worked out according to approved 
biometrical methods. 
During the breeding season of 1912 many young birds were 
ringed in connection with the “ British Birds ” Marking Scheme, 
viz., Common Tern, Little Tern, Ringed Plover, etc. Of the 
Common Terns one was reported as being taken on the Durham 
Coast, near Sunderland, in September of the same year. In 
1913 the practice was discontinued at Blakeney Point as it did 
not seem evident that there was any special problem touching 
the migration of these birds which ornithologists were anxious 
to elucidate. 
A record has been kept of butterflies and moths found on the 
Point, and the feeding habits of the rabbits and their relation 
to the vegetation have been studied (Publication No. 9), partly 
by direct observation, and partly by the fencing of small 
selected areas. 
It is hoped in time that other groups of animals may be 
investigated, particularly the Worms, Molluscs and Crustaceans 
of the tidal zone, and their life histories, distribution, and 
methods of feeding elucidated. It is intended in due course to 
issue lists of the Fauna as a preliminary to further investigations. 
During the early spring Mr. F. J. Cox, of the Tring Museum, 
resided on the Point for some weeks, studying more particularly 
the small rodents and the fleas which inhabit them. 
The notes written above are intended to serve as an indica- 
tion of the various lines of work now being pursued at Blakeney 
Point ; they make no claim to be actual records of results. 
