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Genus ACTOCHELIDON. 
387.) AcTOCHELIDON GANTIACA <4). 4). 2 © Wold Vil sPisipxeiog 
Sanpwicu TERN. 
A summer visitant and breeding bird. 
388. ACTOCHELIDON (?) VELOX, 
Swift-flying Tern. 
A specimen of this bird is said to have been killed in Ireland 
(see Blake Knox in the ‘Zoologist’ for 1866). Strictly an eastern 
bird, and therefore not-figured. 
Genus STERNA. 
JO9. STERNA HIRUNDO .- <- 6 «wires be a) MOle Veber 
Common Tern. 
A resident species. Breeds in many parts of our southern coasts. 
O90, STERNA PARADISEA ¢ +: £ 4. $ . 3" Vol Vi. Pi ine 
Rosratre TERN. 
A summer yisitant. Breeds sparingly on the Scilly and Farne 
Islands. 
SOT, STERNAMACRURA ce) ei bo, 4, vay) pec pee yy Okey Veep lal Sale Nee aT 
Arctic TERN. 
A resident species, breeding abundantly around our northern 
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coasts. 
392. SreRNA FULIGINOSA. 
Sooty Tern. 
A bird of almost universal distribution. Britain has occasionally 
been favoured with its visits; still there are few who would give it 
more than a passing notice in any list of the British birds. One 
was shot at Wallingford, on the banks of the Thames, on the 21st 
of June, 1869, and kindly sent for my inspection before it was 
skinned by Mr, James Gardner, Jun., of Holborn and Oxford 
Street. 
Genus STERNULA. 
B90. STERNULAMMINUTA  ') -. % % 2) 4) Vole Ve Pine 
Lirrte Tern. 
A summer visitor. Breeds at Dungeness and many other parts 
of the south coast of England. 
