. 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 . n of, is thebeautiful Rose-ate Tern, verysimilar in appear-ance and habit,breeding nearand even amongthe other spe-cies, but distinguishable by its slender form and longtail, and a very white breast, that in the right lightshows a beautiful pink blush of a most delicate adjectives that I could use would be far inade-quate to describe the grace and beauty of theRoseate Tern. In the same habit
. 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 . n of, is thebeautiful Rose-ate Tern, verysimilar in appear-ance and habit,breeding nearand even amongthe other spe-cies, but distinguishable by its slender form and longtail, and a very white breast, that in the right lightshows a beautiful pink blush of a most delicate adjectives that I could use would be far inade-quate to describe the grace and beauty of theRoseate Tern. In the same habitat, from Massachusetts south-ward, is found that dainty little sylph, the LeastTern. I first saw it along the broad, lonely oceanbeaches of the back-side of Cape Cod. There,as we walk along, several little Terns, much smallerthan the other kinds, hover rather high over orbeyond us, uttering their shrill staccato yip, yip,yip. After a good deal of tramping, keeping oureyes painfully upon the blinding glare of the dry,sandy expanse back from high-water mark, we maynow and then detect two, or occasionally three, littleeggs that look almost exactly like the mottled peb- 143 Among the Water Fowl. bles, lying in a slight hollow that is unlined, exceptsometimes for a scant bed of little chips of mussel-shell. These are the Least Terns nests. Previous to the departure of the Terns from usin the autumn, they are everywhere flitting aboutour shores and bays, following up the schools ofsmall fish and resting on sandbars, flats, or even boats, buoys orfishermenstraps. Old andyoung are inter-mingled, andthey are tameand gentle. Tobays where thereis good fishingthey will resortdaily, flying outseaward atnight. The Herring Gull is the only true Gull thatnests on the coast of Maine. From Massachus-setts southward the Laughing Gull nests spar-ingly on sandy islands and marshes, often nearcolonies of Terns. The other species of the Gullsare more northerly than either of the above. Im-mature indi
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