. Among the water-fowl; observation, adventure, photography. A popular narrative account of the water-fowl as found in the northern and middle states and lower Canada, east of the Rocky mountains . HERE WERE THE NESTS, RUDE FLOATING PLATFORMSOF DEAD GRASS STEMS. NEST OF FRANKLINS GULL Among the Water Fowl yards apart, everywhere through the grass. Thedate was the 25th of June, and most of the eggshad hatched. Tiny young Gulls in a mottled,downy plumage were paddling through the grassin all directions. Our conductor had been hereabout the 25th of May and had found all the nests. PAIR OF FRANKLI
. Among the water-fowl; observation, adventure, photography. A popular narrative account of the water-fowl as found in the northern and middle states and lower Canada, east of the Rocky mountains . HERE WERE THE NESTS, RUDE FLOATING PLATFORMSOF DEAD GRASS STEMS. NEST OF FRANKLINS GULL Among the Water Fowl yards apart, everywhere through the grass. Thedate was the 25th of June, and most of the eggshad hatched. Tiny young Gulls in a mottled,downy plumage were paddling through the grassin all directions. Our conductor had been hereabout the 25th of May and had found all the nests. PAIR OF FRANKLINS GULLS ON THEIR NEST, WHICH CONTAINS ONE EGG;TWO OTHER EGGS, PROBABLY, HAD HATCHED AND THE YOUNGSWUM OFF with full fresh sets, usually of three eggs. Veryfew nests now had three, but quite a number hadone or two, probably either second layings or wherepart of the set had hatched and the young had swumoflf. The eggs were like those of all Gulls in colorand markings, in size about half way between theeggs of the Common Tern and the Ring-billed 162 The White-Winged Fleet Gull. One of the first nests we noticed had twoeggs notably smaller than any of the others. Wethought there might be a pair of Bonapartes Gullsamong the Franklins, but to our eyes the excited,hovering creatures all looked exactly alike. Theywere plenty near enough for observation, hoveringfearlessly only a few yards away from us. We spent three more days by and among thecolony, and, despite daily showers, I was able toobserve and photograph them very times I took the boat alone, and qui
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