. British birds. Birds. 9G BRITISH BIRDS. TVOL. XVI. covered with shingle and the nest contains a few pieces of broken shells, and (3) where the eggs are laid in a hollow among the shingle and there is a thick layer of shells both in and surrounding the nest. With the birds whose nests form the first class anj^ depression seems to be suitable, and in one case I found that the eggs had been laid in the heel-print of some passing holiday-maker, but some of the nests on the loose sand show a clearly defined. Fig. 3. Little Tern : Egg ten dayt, IjlIuiu hatching. After this photograph was taken, th
. British birds. Birds. 9G BRITISH BIRDS. TVOL. XVI. covered with shingle and the nest contains a few pieces of broken shells, and (3) where the eggs are laid in a hollow among the shingle and there is a thick layer of shells both in and surrounding the nest. With the birds whose nests form the first class anj^ depression seems to be suitable, and in one case I found that the eggs had been laid in the heel-print of some passing holiday-maker, but some of the nests on the loose sand show a clearly defined. Fig. 3. Little Tern : Egg ten dayt, IjlIuiu hatching. After this photograph was taken, the shells were moved a few inches from the nest. {Photographed by J. N. Douglas Smith.) nesting-hollow (Fig- i)- -"^s a rule, this is deepened on each return of the bird by a few lusty backward kicks, but sooner or later it is obliterated by a storm, after which the process begins again. But it was chiefly to the nests which contained shells and showed evidences of nest-building that my attention was drawn. At first it was difficult to decide how much was due to the bird and how much to the action of the wind, but in June 1920, during a spell of unusually quiet weather, I found. 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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