. The birds of New England and adjacent states [microform] : containing descriptions of the birds of New England, and adjoining states and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature; together with a history of their habits .... Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. THE LEAST TERN. 549 seen, in the ; were about ! apparently re squatting [. the eggs of England for 1,8 a general carce in our hores of the Syn. (1828), No. (1884) 275. Aud. k and wings light -gray on tbe innor jf inner web white; the inner vreb next lere it is blackish- white; central tail e outer ta
. The birds of New England and adjacent states [microform] : containing descriptions of the birds of New England, and adjoining states and provinces, arranged by a long-approved classification and nomenclature; together with a history of their habits .... Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. THE LEAST TERN. 549 seen, in the ; were about ! apparently re squatting [. the eggs of England for 1,8 a general carce in our hores of the Syn. (1828), No. (1884) 275. Aud. k and wings light -gray on tbe innor jf inner web white; the inner vreb next lere it is blackish- white; central tail e outer tail feather rump, sides of the of a lighter shade lark-crimson, tail, six and a half countries. undant on our is, in our lati- e time as the at any descrip- 1 be identified, iithentic speci- i which either is found by itself, or to wait until late in the season, and, after finding a nest, observe carefully the bird that hovers over it, and shoot her. It is a well-known habit of these species to hover over their eggs after being driven from them: but this is generally confined to the close of the sea- son of incubation, or very dark or wet weather; and the student, to avail himself of it, must bo on the spot at the proper time. The moment a person approach- es one of their breeding places, the whole colony leave their eggs or young, and fly to meet the intruder. I have been on an island of not more than thirty acres area, where thousands of these birds of both species, and also the following, were breeding; and their cries, 'kree 'kree 'kree, were so loud that my companions within twenty feet of me had to shout at their loudest to make their words intelligible. The Arctic Tern, li!'e all the others, leaves its eggs in warm sunny days for several hours, depending on the sun to assist in incubation. When one bird is shot, the others, instead of flying off", only redouble their outcries, darting down at the intruder within a few feet of his head; and the noise and conf
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