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Title: The birds of Washington : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 372 species of birds found in the state
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Dawson, William Leon, 1873-1928 Bowles, John Hooper Brooks, Allan, 1869-1946
Subjects: Birds -- Washington (State)
Publisher: Seattle : Occidental Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
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Taken ill Douglas Coinitv. PI Ota bv the Author. FORSTERS TERX. 75° THE FORSTER TERN. equally between lisliing, liawkiny. and loafing. At fishing time the birds moveabout in leisurely fashion at a height of from ten to forty feet above the lake.The beak is carried point down like that of a mos(;uito, and the bird is evi-dently giving close attention to the water. Sometimes the bird hovers to makesure of the nature of its ))rey; but oftener, without an instants hesitation, itplunges souse! into tlie water, sometimes pa-^sing clear from sight, and
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Tijkcn on Brook Lake.Photo bv the Author. CONFLICTING CL.MJIS. TWO EGGS OF THK WESTERN GREBE AND ONE OF THE FORSTER TERN OCCUPY TUE NEST PROPER,wiril.I-: A \V,\IF EGG OF THE AMERICAN COOT APPEARS ON THE RIGHT. emerges a moment later witli a wriggling minnow in its beak. When theinsects are flying well, the Terns prefer to hawk. Dragon-flies and caddis-fliesare favorite quarry, and in pursuit of the latter the birds will often rise to aheight of .several hundred feet. But loafing is really Forsters forte.They will stand around by the hour on fence-posts, in amiable listlessness, orthey will foregather with their fellows in measureless content upon some low-Iving mud-reef. Keallv, now, it rests the mind merely to recall these lazyLazzaroni. THE COIMMON TERX. 751 • No. 301. COMMON TERN. A. C). U. Xo. 70. Sterna hirundo Linn. Synonyms.—Wilsons Terx. Sea Swallow. Bass-glll. Description.—Adult in summer: Top of head and nape uniform deep black;back and wings pearl-gray; wing-quills du

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