. An Australian bird book : a pocket book for field use. Birds -- Australia Identification. 40 AN AUttTKALIAN BIRD 70 Sooty Tern,Wide-awake, Egg-bird, (8. fus- cata, ), tropical, sub-tropical seas, Br. (ace). shores 17 Upper, crown, wings, line from bill past eye, tail black; forehead, under white; bill, feet black; like 69, but larger, blacker above; f., sim. Fish, squid. "; 71*White-faced Ternlet, Sea-swallow, Little (Fairy) Tern, Taraiti, 8. nereis, A., =vt. Eur. Little Tern. c. shore bird but leave the nest for a moment, and Gulls qu
. An Australian bird book : a pocket book for field use. Birds -- Australia Identification. 40 AN AUttTKALIAN BIRD 70 Sooty Tern,Wide-awake, Egg-bird, (8. fus- cata, ), tropical, sub-tropical seas, Br. (ace). shores 17 Upper, crown, wings, line from bill past eye, tail black; forehead, under white; bill, feet black; like 69, but larger, blacker above; f., sim. Fish, squid. "; 71*White-faced Ternlet, Sea-swallow, Little (Fairy) Tern, Taraiti, 8. nereis, A., =vt. Eur. Little Tern. c. shore bird but leave the nest for a moment, and Gulls quickly rob it of its contents. They are scavengers, and eagerly follow a steamer at lunch-time to gather the scraps. An interesting sight of Currle Harbor, King Island, is to see the large company of Seagulls nesting undisturbed on a tiny, bare, rocky islet close to the pier. It was noted that, whenever the Noddies were disturbed, and rose, protesting loudly, the Gulls immediately gathered and hovered over the trees containing Noddies' nests. Evidently they were looking for unprotected eggs. Placed in the next family are the seven robber Gulls or sea pirates—Skuas. We read of these birds in the old Royal Readers, but few recognized them when they followed us to the Summer School of 1910. They also followed our afternoon-tea cruise to South Channel fort, and played their usual game of compelling the Seagulls to give up the scraps they had gathered-. 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 Leach, John Albert, 1870-1929; Horn Scientific Expedition (1894). Melbourne : Whitcombe & Tombs
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