. The Wilson bulletin . h occasional oldskate (Raja crinacea) egg-cases. The beach is practicallydevoid of life,—as would be expected in the case of an ex-posed flat of this character,—with an occasional razor clam(Eusis directus) stranded in some tide pool behind the boul-ders, the inevitable sand-flea (Orchestia agilis), the Acornshell barnacle (Balanus balaiius), and the commonest of themarine molluscs (Littorina littoria). As I neared the island (the time being- limited, I confinedmyself to the larger island, with only a very hasty look atthe smaller two), there was considerable doubt in m
. The Wilson bulletin . h occasional oldskate (Raja crinacea) egg-cases. The beach is practicallydevoid of life,—as would be expected in the case of an ex-posed flat of this character,—with an occasional razor clam(Eusis directus) stranded in some tide pool behind the boul-ders, the inevitable sand-flea (Orchestia agilis), the Acornshell barnacle (Balanus balaiius), and the commonest of themarine molluscs (Littorina littoria). As I neared the island (the time being- limited, I confinedmyself to the larger island, with only a very hasty look atthe smaller two), there was considerable doubt in my mindas to what would be found there, as very few birds were inevidence. Some two dozen terns sailed leisurely overhead,and paid little or no attention to the approaching boat. Itseemed hardly possible that as early as June 28 nesting shouldbe over, as the spring had been very cool and backward, andit seemed hard to ])elieve that so ideal a breeding site wouldbe abandoned without good cause. However, with the first. Fig. 1, Common Tern. Type I, A Simple Depression inthe Sand.
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