. Birds: the elements of ornithology ; with 174 illustrations whereof 140 are original drawings. Birds; Birds. UfTRODUC'TIOX. 29 and mode of life. The common species is very often to be seen on the banks of the Thames, and many of the Gulls, though familiar objects at the sea-side, largely frequent inland waters, feeding on worms, insects, eggs, the nestlings of other Birds, mice, &c., as well as fish. Tlieir flight is graceful, and they may often be seen sailing in circles in the breeze, with hardly a perceptible motion of the wing. The Terns are yet moi'e graceful in flight, but they wal
. Birds: the elements of ornithology ; with 174 illustrations whereof 140 are original drawings. Birds; Birds. UfTRODUC'TIOX. 29 and mode of life. The common species is very often to be seen on the banks of the Thames, and many of the Gulls, though familiar objects at the sea-side, largely frequent inland waters, feeding on worms, insects, eggs, the nestlings of other Birds, mice, &c., as well as fish. Tlieir flight is graceful, and they may often be seen sailing in circles in the breeze, with hardly a perceptible motion of the wing. The Terns are yet moi'e graceful in flight, but they walk Fig. The Common Gull [Larus caniis). with less ease, though they swim admirably. Their more slender, less bulky aspect, straighter bills, narrower wings, and long forked tails serve, with few exceptions, to distinguish them from the Gulls. There are, again, some fifty species of this group, some or other of which are to be found nearly all over the globe. Like the Gulls, they are noisy and gregarious, and are found on inland lakes as well as the sea-shore, feeding on insects as well as fish. The Arctic Tern (Sterna macrura, fig. 28) may serve for a type, as it is almost as well known as the so-called Common Tern (*S'. fluviat'dis). It comes to us in the latter half of April, breeding on islands near the 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 Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1827-1900. London : R. H. Porter
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