BIRDS. 79 
pair or more have occasionally remained at Spurn through 
the summer. Sometimes observed inland. The account 
of its nesting in Yorkshire furnished to Mr. More by Mr. 
Thomas Gough is simply incredible. 
323. Numenius arquata (Z.). Common Curlew. 
Resident, local, but breeding in more or less abundance on 
all the high moorlands, least numerous in the south. It 
retires from its breeding-haunts in August for the coast, 
where it remains during the winter, returning in April. A 
few are observed on the Humber muds all through the 
summer. 
Order 5. GAVIA. 
Fam. LARIDE. 
Sub-fam. STE RNINA. 
324. Sterna macrura Waum. Arctic Tern. 
Periodical visitant on the coast, in spring and autumn, on its 
way to and from its breeding-stations, and much the most 
numerous at the latter season. Of very rare occurrence 
inland. 
325. Sterna fluviatilis Maw. Common Tern. 
Periodical visitant on the coast in spring and autumn, passing 
to and from its breeding haunts, and, like S. macrura, most 
common in autumn, but occurs much more frequently 
inland. 
326. Sterna dougalli Jon. Roseate Tern. 
Casual visitant, of extremely rare occurrence. In 1844, Mr. 
Allis stated that Mr. H. Reid had shot it at Scarborough 
and Hornsea. ‘Argus,’ writing in the ‘Field’ (Jan. 13, 
1877, p. 44), records five in the Tees bay from the rst to 
11th August, 1876. 
327. Sterna minuta Z. Little Tern. 
Summer visitant, breeding in yearly-decreasing numbers at 
Spurn; arriving in May, leaving in September. On the 
reservoirs near Wakefield, these birds appear every spring 
and autumn. 
