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Title: Birds in their haunts, by the late C. A. Johns
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874 Visger, Jean Allan (Pinder) Owen, 1841-
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: London, G. Routledge New York, E. P. Dutton
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
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plishments. To the stranger who visits the coast of Norfolk, the Lesser Tern .•» - ,will, perhaps, be pointed out under the name of Sea Swallow,or, more probably, as a Shrimp Catcher. Either of these namesis appropriate. Its mode of progress through the air is more 1 I have been beset in this manner by a Lesser Tern, so far on in the summerthat I could not attribute its actions to any anxiety about either eggs or young.I am inclined to think it is, on such occasions, taught by its instinct to accom- * pany a traveller for the sake of the insects disturbed by his movements.During the summer months, the shingle, on a sunny beach, is haunted bymyriads of sluggish flies, which rarely take wing unless thus disturbed. Thatthe Chimney Swallow often accompanies the traveller for this object, I haveno doubt ; as I have seen them fly to and fro before me, darting in amongthe swarming flies, and so intent in their chase, as to pass within a few yardsof my feet every time they crossed my path.
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The Common Gull.Greater Black-backed Gull 3 Glaucous Gull ?Lesser Black-backed Gull. THE BROWN-HEADED GULL a8i like a Swallows than that of the Common Tern, and in size it doesnot so very much exceed the Swift as to make the comparison out-rageous. A shrimp it can undoubtedly catch ; and it exercisesits vocation in shallow water, such as shrimps alone inhabit orsmall fish no larger than shrimps. Like the other Terns it is migratory, repairing year after yearto low flat shores on various parts of the coast, arriving in May,and departing in September for some climate subject to no coldsevere enough to banish small marine animals to deep water. TheLesser Tern makes no nest, but lays its eggs, generally two, amongthe shingle. Sub-Family LARIN^THE LITTLE GULL LARUS MINUTUS Summer—head and neck black ; lower part of the neck, tail, all the underplumage, white ; upper plumage pale ash-grey ; primaries white at theend ; bill reddish brown ; irides dark ; legs vermilion. Winter—fore-head,

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