60 SEA-BIRDS 



in the present century more than 7000 in England and Wales, and likely 

 that over half of these have been in Norfolk (J. Fisher from literature and 

 notes) . 



Arctic tern, ^.5,970 in Maine in 1931-36 (Palmer); c.4.,joo in Germany 

 in 1939 (Schulz) ; probably under 200 in Holland (van Ijzendoorn) ; doubt- 

 ful whether in any year more than 3,000 in England and Wales, and likely 

 that over half of these have been in the Fame Islands (J.F.). 



Roseate tern, c.276 in Maine in 1931-36 (Palmer); i or 2 in Germany in 

 most years since 1904 (Schulz); 2 in the south of France in 1951 (R. M. 

 Lockley); over 1,000 in the British Isles in recent years, about a third of 

 which are in Anglesey and about half of which are in Ireland (J.F.) 



Sooty tern, in Pacific c. 166,950 on Laysan Island (Dill & Bryan, 19 12); 

 in Indian Ocean over 25,000 in 1937 on Goelette, <:.65,ooo on Bird Island 

 (Seychelles), c.5 million in 1931 and at least j million in 1937 on Desnoeufs 

 (D. Vesey-Fitzgerald, 1941); in U.S.A. (breeds Dry Tortugas only) c.7000 

 in 1903, 9,000 in 1907, 10,000 in 1908, 9,000 in 191 7, 15,000 in 1935, 

 20,000 in 1936, 50,000 in 1937, 32,029 in 1938, 35,000 in 1939, c.50,000 

 in 1940, over 50,000 in 1941, 32,500 in 1942, 54,500 in 1945, 48,600 in 

 1946, 32,135 in 1947 (P. Bartsch, 191 9; A. Sprunt, 1948). 



Sandwich tern, c.40,000 in Holland in 1940 (van Ijzendoorn, 1950); this 

 perhaps four- fifths of whole population of north-west Europe; other 

 occupied countries, all with very fluctuating numbers, Sweden (200-300 

 nests in early 'forties), Germany (3,957 in 1940), Denmark (unknown 

 number), the British Isles (fluctuating between two and five thousand nests, 

 and about 3,500 in early 'forties, J. F. from literature and notes), and 

 Danzig, Brittany and Portugal (a few each). 



Noddy, in U.S.A. 200 in 1903, 2,000 in 1907, 700 in 1908, 2,000 in 191 7; 

 1,500 in 1935, 2,000 in 1936, 1,000 in 1937, 206 in 1938, 125 in 1939, 90 

 in 1940, 500 in 1941, 225 in 1942, 375 in 1945, 275 in 1946, 125 in 

 1947 (as sooty tern). 



Little auk, in Iceland, now breeds Grimsey only, where c.50 in 1820, 

 150-200 in 1903, ^.20 birds in 1934, at least 19 birds in 1949 (see p. 123.) 



Razorbill, 12 in Germany in 1939 (Schulz), all on Heligoland; 318 in Den- 

 mark in 1939 (Salomonsen, 1943), all on Graesholm, where 60 pairs in 

 1944 (K. Paludan, 1947). Peters and Burleigh (1951) suggest that there 

 may not be more than 450 in Newfoundland. 



Common guillemot, c. 25,000 pairs in Sweden in early nineteen-forties (F. 

 Salomonsen, 1944), nearly all on Stora Karlso, where only 10 in 1880, 

 C.I, 250 in 1918; in Denmark established Graesholm in 1928, c.6o in 1936, 

 100 in 1938, 122 in 1939, 127 in 1940, 208 in 1941, 158 in 1942 

 (Salomonsen, 1943, 1943b); c.200 in c.1946 (P. Jespersen, 1946); in 

 Germany c.2,000 all on Heligoland (Schulz and ourselves). Peters and 

 Burleigh (1951) suggest that there may not have been many more than 

 25,650 in 1941-45 in the whole of Newfoundland, but it seems clear that 



