The Living Age, Volume 281Living Age Company, 1914 |
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Page 142
... Sandwich terns . The Sandwich terns nest in small quarrelsome parties on the tops of the dunes . The slovenly hollows in the sand that contain their handsome mot- tled eggs are scraped so close together that when one bird turns round on ...
... Sandwich terns . The Sandwich terns nest in small quarrelsome parties on the tops of the dunes . The slovenly hollows in the sand that contain their handsome mot- tled eggs are scraped so close together that when one bird turns round on ...
Page 143
... Sandwich terns , but also of their own kind . I do not believe , however , that the black- headed gulls as a race are thieves . It is far more likely to be a new habit adopted by certain aberrant individ- uals . When thousands of birds ...
... Sandwich terns , but also of their own kind . I do not believe , however , that the black- headed gulls as a race are thieves . It is far more likely to be a new habit adopted by certain aberrant individ- uals . When thousands of birds ...
Page 144
... Sandwich terns . The hen bird treated the crate with com- plete indifference , and it was one of the prettiest sights in the world to see her sail down on to her eggs and poise herself daintily upon her tiny webbed feet . Now and then ...
... Sandwich terns . The hen bird treated the crate with com- plete indifference , and it was one of the prettiest sights in the world to see her sail down on to her eggs and poise herself daintily upon her tiny webbed feet . Now and then ...
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