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Show British Bird Sanctuaries Fame Islands, off the Northumbrian (England) coast, have been handed over to the national trust fdr preservation preser-vation as a bird sanctuary. The Islands Is-lands number 15, and have an area of 80 acres. The regular breeding population pop-ulation Includes gulls ol three species, spe-cies, terns of four, auks of three. ' cormorants of two, . waders of two, and one species of duck.. The Islands form one of the most southerly stations sta-tions In the breeding range of the . elder duck. The most interesting species, perhaps, Is that - of the roseate ro-seate tern, now found only In a few British localities. As a t reeding place for sea fowl the Fame Islands have no equal around the British coasts, nnd even the great bird stations among the Scottish Isles lack one or two of the species represented here. |