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she is resting and building it into an elevated ring within which her single egg is deposited. The young are hatched late in February,
Fig. 9. Group of wide-awake Terns in hie Rookery.
Fig. 10. There must be Millions of Wide-awakes nesting Among the Bushes and Tufts of Grass.
usually, and both parents are kept busy from that time until fall in providing food for the little ones. By the latter part of September
