Show TERNS THAT NEST IN r From Personal By Harry Although the terns belong to the Gull there is a great difference between the two both as to size and and the manner of the family numbers only two terns are summer residents and breed in The Forked-tail the long- pointed and the swallow-like the characteristics which give to the Terns the common name of They are exceedingly graceful and are incessantly on the skimming the surface of the water and daintily rising high in the in order to charge down upon some finny which their sharp eyes have discerned just below the I have often seen them miss their but more often the dive is and a small fish isi quickly disposed of while the bird is still in Fish seems to be the favorite food of the although and other insects enter largely into their bill of Upon the approach of the breeding fairly large flocks of and the pretty little called congregate within the vicinity of the Warm Springs Here they take up their summer residence and rear their often raising two broods in a They nest early in May and again in It is a charming sight to watch these birds as they flit here and skimming the surface of the water and executing the most fantastic gambols high up in the All the time they are uttering the familiar call notes of This note has a rather grating but they never seem to tire of To observe these graceful fliers is time well spent for the Nature and one may then readily understand why the Terns are called sea-swallows Terns are distinguished from gulls when in flight b the downward pointing of the while the J hold their heads in line with the The Terns stay in Utah until the middle of October when they leave for the Gulf migrating ly at Of Forster's Tern The nest of Forster's Tern is often placed in dead tules the bird makes a depression with its tody and lines the cradle with dry The three or very rarely are greenish-buff or spotted and blotched with various shades of brown and lilac they average in size about by The birds resent a close inspection of their nest by darting close to the head of the at the same time uttering in a and grating This Tern nests also on the ground a grassy but always in close proximity to ira- Black Tern Brooding It is distinguished from the black Tern ly its larger being about 15 inches in It las white pearl-gray back and and light-colored tail with the inner webs darker than til outer There is a large black patch covering to whole top of the this patch changes to spotted black and white in Male and female are alt in The This species deposits its eggs on the rarely makes any attempt at lining the which answers for a I have found this ing out on the sandy wastes bordering the Salt and again in low reedy marches in the latter case bird lines the depression with a few bits of dry F The 3 in average in size about of an the ground color varying from W ish to These eggs are heavily blatche dark brown and faint lilac-shell This species feeds chiefly upon worms ana but small frogs and fish are readily d This like the snowy has the peculiar habit of rolling its eggs in the mud in order to conceal the thus making them less conspicuous and more difficult to I have found both of the above specimens as herein The Black Tern is recognized by its small size and black with white under-tail its exceedingly long pointed and forked It is about 10 inches in length the neck and un-der-parts are the and tail are slate the primaries frosted with There is no difference in the plumage of the The forehead sides of the neck and all change to white in The young resemble the adults smallest of the Its swallow-like flight which resembles so closely that of the has earned for this species the name of which its scientific name of also |