and laughing gulls.
July 20 - 1875
1875.
July 20.  [July 20, 1875] one of their kind that fell on land
though they did for a few minutes
over a gull that dropped in the water.
In contrast with Muskegat [Muskeget Island] (see July 1874)
the terns here seemed to be on
perfectly good terms with the C. atricilla [Chroecocephalus atricilla].
The latter after I had killed several
of their number, collected together in
a loose body and breasting the strong
wind with just sufficient flapping
to keep their position, remained in the
[delete]wind[/delete] air [delete]for[/delete] during the rest of the 
afternoon in one place, at times in-
dulging in a wild burst of demonaic [demoniac]
laughter. Among the tall grass were
many path and little openings trampled
down by the birds but no nests
were found. My boatman brought
me a young gull only a few days
old which he said he had found on
the rocky beach at the foot of the
cliffs. It keep up a [delete]continuous[/delete]
querulous cry of hunger or distress
and when put down appeared either unable
or unwilling to walk. The Arctic terns 
when wounded were very fierce and 
bit my hand quite forcibly; this I 
have never noticed with the other species.
Both sexes of S. macroura [Sterna macroura] et hirundo [Sterna hirundo]
incubate; evinced by the bare spots,
[delete]Only the[/delete] but with C. atricalla [Chroecocephalus atricilla] only the [female]
bird shows them. Both Messrs. Smith
and Willey assured me upon my
return to the city that petrels (probably
T. Leachii [Thalassidroma Leachii]) bred on the smaller island