ROSEATE TERN 



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In general, as well as in nesting-habits, and likewise in the 

 characters of its nest and eggs, the Arctic tern apparently presents 

 no noteworthy differences from the common species, although it is 

 said to display remarkable boldness in defending its nest against the 

 raids of predatory gulls and skuas and other undesirable intruders on 

 its domains. 



Roseate Tern 

 (Sterna dougalli). 



Legislation for the protection of wild birds is 

 credited with the rehabilitation of the roseate tern 

 as a breeding-species in Great Britain, notably on 

 the Fame Islands and the Welsh coast. In former years it bred not 

 only in these localities, but also in the Scilly Islands and on Foulney 



KOSK.\TE TEKN (SC.MMER). 



and Walney Islands on the west coast, and likewise in a few spots on 

 the coast of Ireland. 



Ruthless egg-collecting and other modes of persecution are stated, 

 however, to have led to its complete extermination as a British breeding- 

 species, till protection once more permitted it to re-establish itself in 

 the above-mentioned localities. It is essentially a sea-tern, and its 

 range includes the coasts of both sides of the temperate and portions of 

 the tropical Atlantic, latitude 57 apparently marking its approximate 

 northern limits. Although to some of its southern resorts it is only 



