. Bird lore . had been killed by picking on thehead; in fact, on more than one occasionwe witnessed a heartless attack of thiskind. It was rather diflacult to approachclose enough to the adult birds to getgood photographs. Mr. Forbush, how-ever, erected an umbrella-blind in thecolony on Great Duck Island, and bymeans of fish-head bait secured severalphotographs of hungry Gulls at the verysatisfactory distance of six feet. Terns and Their Troubles Arctic and Common Terns abound inthese waters. There are not less thantwenty islands where they breed, and smallcolonies of a few pairs each are scat
. Bird lore . had been killed by picking on thehead; in fact, on more than one occasionwe witnessed a heartless attack of thiskind. It was rather diflacult to approachclose enough to the adult birds to getgood photographs. Mr. Forbush, how-ever, erected an umbrella-blind in thecolony on Great Duck Island, and bymeans of fish-head bait secured severalphotographs of hungry Gulls at the verysatisfactory distance of six feet. Terns and Their Troubles Arctic and Common Terns abound inthese waters. There are not less thantwenty islands where they breed, and smallcolonies of a few pairs each are scatteredabout on many isolated ledges of appear to nest later than the gulls,for we found numbers of eggs unhatched,although some young were sufl&cientlyadvanced to fly with ease. Like the Gulls,they often lay their eggs on the barerocks, with no suggestion of nestingmaterial. From these insecure positionsthe eggs are often rolled away by the Eastern Egg Rock several hundred 386 Bird - Lore. THE YACHT AVOCET abandoned eggs were found. They hadbeen washed off the rocks by a recentstorm. This is an illustration of thenatural vicissitudes to which these birdsare subject, and which make human pro-tection so necessary under present con-ditions. The lobstermen of the region donot, as a rule, distinguish between thetwo species of Terns, but call bothMettrix. Elusive Petrels No casual observer walking over oneof these colony islands would dream thatany specimen of the Mother GarysChicken was near; but under the edgesof logs, stumps, and boulders, openingsto underground passages may be dis-covered. Run your hand into one ofthese, and you are pretty sure to find a
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