238 SANDWICH TERN. SOOTY TERN. 



in September, 1869, by T^lr. Hugh Jenner, of Vennwood, when 

 Partridge-shooting in a turnip-field. The weather had been very 

 stormy for a few days previously, and it had probably been driven 

 inland. It was carefully preserved, and is now in the hall of 

 Vennwood House. 



[Sterna caspia — Caspian Tern.] 

 A rare summer visitor. 



[Sterna anglica — Gull-billed Tern.] 

 An irregular summer visitant to this country. 



STERNA CANTIACA— Sandwich Tern. 



. . . . Ilook'd 

 And saw a bird slow sailing over head, 

 His long white pinions by the sunbeam edged 

 As though with bui nish'd silver ; never yet 

 Heard 1 so sweet a music as his cry ! 



SOUTHEY— ^/acfoc. 



Mr. W. C. Blake, of Ross, had a beautiful specimen of the 

 Sandwich Tern brought to him alive on October 22nd, 1886. It 

 was picked up in Alton Street, Ross, having come into collision 

 with a street-lamp. Its companion settled on the ground beside it, 

 uttering cries of distress, which drew attention to the injured bird. 

 Mr. Blake endeavoured to revive it, but without success; it died in 

 an hour or two. It was preserved, and is now in his excellent 

 collection of birds. 



This bird was probably driven inland by the recent severe 

 gales, as it is very unusual for the Sandwich Tern to remain in 

 England later than September. The return migration commences 

 in August. 



STERNA FULIGINOSA— Sooty Tern. 



The Sooty Tern is a very rare visitor to the British Isles, 

 mhabiting as it does the intertropical seas and coasts from the West 



