BLACK TERN. 239 



Indies to Australia. Only two or three occurrences are recorded in 

 England ; but a specimen was picked up dead at Marston, near 

 Pembridge, after stormy weather, in May, 1885. It was unfortunately 

 placed in the hands of a local bird-stuffer who, to make it fit a small 

 case, carefully cropped the longest primary feathers of each wing. 



[Sterna an^stheta — Scopoli's Sooty Tern.] 

 Once obtained at the mouth of the Thames. 



Genus— HYDROCHELIDON. 



[Hydrochelidon hybrida — Whiskered Tern.] 

 A rare straggler to Britain. 



[Hydrochelidon leucoptera — White-winged Black Tern. 

 A rare straggler to England. 



HYDROCHELIDON NIGRA— Black Tern. 



Wild sea-birds that follow through the air. 



Mackay— Song. 



This bird, storm-driven, occasionally visits the valley of the 

 Wye. Mr. Lingwood records a specimen having been shot from 

 the large pool at Mynde Park, Dewchurch, in 1859. 



[Genus — Angus.] 



[Anous stolidus — Noddy.] 



Two or three specimens recorded in Ireland, 



[Genus — Pagophila. ] 



[Pagophila eburnea — Ivory Gull.] 



An occasional straggler to the British Coasts. 



