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tioned, between twenty and thirty nests of this bird, and 
and all within a circuit of a few yards. It was the first 
week in June, the time at which I have for some years 
obtained their eggs. They seldom differ much from the 
figure of the plate, except in the depth of the ground¬ 
colour, and are easily known from the eggs of any other 
bird. Mr. Yarrell has found the eggs of the Lesser Tern 
in considerable numbers at the mouth of the Thames, on 
the Kentish side, about Yanlet Island, and the creek of 
the same name close by; and Mr. J. Hancock has taken 
them on the coast of Cumberland. 
