4;6 HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS 



One, Ilfracombe Harbour, Nov. 1870 : Saunders, " Manual," 



2nd ed., p. 035. In the collection of Mr. Westlake, of 



Ilfracombe. 

 Four, Breydon Harbour, Yarmouth, May 26, 1871: Ste- 

 venson, ZooL, 1871, p. 2830, and " Birds of Norfolk," 



vol. iii. p. 317. 

 One, South Weighton, near Newhaven, Sussex, May 1873 : 



Colgate, Field, Nov. 13, 1875. 

 Five, Yarmouth, Norfolk, May 30, 1873. In the collection 



of the late Mr. E. T. Booth, of Brighton. 

 One in co. Limerick, spring 1875 : Williams, Field, June 



5, 1875 ; Ussher, " Birds of Ireland," p. 313. 

 One, Christchurch Harbour, Hants. In the collection of 



Sir V. Crewe, at Calke Abbey, Derby. 

 One, Scilly Isles, May 1882 : Cornish, ZooL, 1882, p. 235. 

 One, Hickling Broad, June 10, 1883 : Stevenson, " Birds of 



Norfolk," iii. p. 318. In the collection of Mr. R. Chase, 



of Edgbaston. 

 One, Breydon Harbour, Norfolk, June 1888 : Stevenson, 



loc. cit. In the possession of Mr. Spelman, of Brun- 



dall, Norfolk. 

 Five seen at Britford, Salisbury, April 30, 1889 : Morres, 



ZooL, 1889, p. 393. 



Ohs. Like the Black Tern, this is a marsh-haunt- 

 ing species, and in Central Europe the two are 

 sometimes found nesting in company. 



WHISKERED TERN. Hydrochelidon hyhrida, Pallas. 

 Length, 11 in.; bill, 1-4 in.; wing, 9*25 in.; tarsus, 

 0-9 in. 



Hah. Southern Europe, India, and North Africa. 



One, Lyme Regis, Dorsetshire, Aug. 1836: Yarrell, "Hist. 



Brit. Birds," 3rd ed., vol. iii. p. 517. 

 One, mouth of the Liffey, Sept. 1839 : Thompson, Ann. 



Mag. Nat Hist, vol. xx. p. 170 ; ZooL, 1847, p. 1878 ; 



"Nat. Hist. Irel. (Birds)," vol. iii. p. 298; Blake Knox, 



