another (leg)
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One good tern deserved another (leg)
Going through his mail one morning recently, the District Commissioner for the BSIP Central District, Mr. James Tedder, came across a dried leg and a metal ring. The leg was that of a tern; the ring was from far-off Washington, DC.
It turned out that two Russell Islanders, Paul Kamoia and Alec Lotau, had been fishing when they noticed a group of terns near the water’s edge. Paul swam underwater to where the birds were standing, and speared one before they flew away.
A ring on its leg showed that it had flown all the way from Washington, which must be at least 9,000 miles away.
Mr. Tedder said later that he was sending the ring back to the appropriate authority.