. Nature study and agriculture. Nature study; Agriculture. 284 POULTRY AND WILD BIRDS the gulls spend most of theirs on the water. In flight the terns hold their heads pointing downward; gulls hold theirs in line with the body. The terns are more noisy and their voices are shrill. The gulls have hoarse voices. The terns are even more graceful than the gulls. As a rule, they are smaller and more slender. 59 Franklin Gull. Length 14 inches. Mostly white with a black head; often visits prairies and plowed fields in search of hoppers and other insect food, and is a bird of great value. ^ r^ 77 Bla
. Nature study and agriculture. Nature study; Agriculture. 284 POULTRY AND WILD BIRDS the gulls spend most of theirs on the water. In flight the terns hold their heads pointing downward; gulls hold theirs in line with the body. The terns are more noisy and their voices are shrill. The gulls have hoarse voices. The terns are even more graceful than the gulls. As a rule, they are smaller and more slender. 59 Franklin Gull. Length 14 inches. Mostly white with a black head; often visits prairies and plowed fields in search of hoppers and other insect food, and is a bird of great value. ^ r^ 77 Black Tern. Length 10 inches. Black Tern This swallow-like little tern often gets far away from the water and we may see it slowly skimming over prairies and fields. It is almost black, with a white patch under the tail. Very small for a bird of this group. 40 Kittiwake. M. and 47 Great Black-backed Gull. 51 a American Herring Gull. 54 Ring-billed Gull. 58 Laughing Gull. M. and 60 Bonaparte Gull. 64 Caspian Tern. M. and perhaps M. \I. and 6q Forster Tern. 70 Common Tern. 71 Arctic Tern. .R. 74 Least Tern. Cormorant Family. — These are large birds with long necks, hooked bills, and short legs placed so far back that they must take an erect position when standing and use the tail for partial support. When swim- ming under water in pursuit of their prey of fish they make use of their wings as well as their feet. They have all four toes connected by webs. On the wing they look like large black ducks. 120 Double-crested Cormorant. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Schmidt, Charles Christian, 1859-. Boston, New York [etc. ] D. C. Heath & Co
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