Common Tern

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COMMON TERN AQUES Male Female

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Wildlife Post Card Series Subject 3 RESTORE PROTECT CONSERVE TOXE A RUD UNITED STATES OF AMERICA INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE 30 AMERICA'S WILDLIFE COMMON TERN (Sterna birundo) The flight of the Common-Tormis song. graceful and erratic. This fern is found in both the Old and New World, both from the northern United States and the Chadian provinces down the Atlantic and Gulf Coa Coast Texas and in the hamas. In winter il ranges from Florida RESOURCES south on the Atlantic side of South America to Patagonia and on the Pacific to Ecuador. preferably on sandy of gravelly places on islands or on shores where it frequently makes little ne excepta de- pression the sand. The spotted eggs number two or three; both the eggs and Young are differe sand his harmless bird eats small fish, crustaceans aquatic worms and insects. みる 30s A.M. 1943 Mais Bertha Davi's Public Library Washington st Brookline CITY 62- Copyright 1999 National life Publishi Corp New York leass