. British birds. Birds. VOL. IX.] NOTES. 78 I observed that tufts of weed were brought to the surface- proof that the birds were feeding, not bathing. I suppose that for respiratory reasons Gulls are not able to feed with only the head submerged like a duck, which in a case of this kind would seem to have been the obvious thing to do. Maud D. Havilakd. NEST OF COMMON TERN WITH TEN EGGS. The photograph reproduced represents a nest of the Common Tern {Sterna hirundo) containing the extraordinarily large number of ten eggs, evidently the produce of several birds. It was found by Mr. G. H. Lings o
. British birds. Birds. VOL. IX.] NOTES. 78 I observed that tufts of weed were brought to the surface- proof that the birds were feeding, not bathing. I suppose that for respiratory reasons Gulls are not able to feed with only the head submerged like a duck, which in a case of this kind would seem to have been the obvious thing to do. Maud D. Havilakd. NEST OF COMMON TERN WITH TEN EGGS. The photograph reproduced represents a nest of the Common Tern {Sterna hirundo) containing the extraordinarily large number of ten eggs, evidently the produce of several birds. It was found by Mr. G. H. Lings on Gardiner's Island, otf. •:'^l^ NEST OF COMMON TERN CONTAINING TEN EGGS, GARDINER'S ISLAND , JUNE 20, 1915. (Photographed by G. H. Lings, ) Long Island, , on June 20th, 1915. Another nest examined by him on this occasion contained six eggs and two others four each. About a thousand pairs appeared to be nesting here, and the nests had not been tampered with in any way. The keeper informed Mr. Lings that in some years nests with four eggs were fairly common. H. Massey. SANDWICH TERN NESTING IN ANGLESEY. A COLONY of Sandwich Terns {Sterna sandvicensis) has become established recently on the Anglesey Coast. It comprised between thirty and forty nests when Mr. S. G. Cummings and I discovered it on June 15th, 1915, and we were told that a few pairs bred in 1914, but that no nests had been noticed previously. In Britain, at any rate, the Sandwich Tern usually nests on sand dunes or low grassy islets, but. 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 London, Witherby & Co
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