158 THE BIRDS OF DEVONSHIRE. 



GULL-BILLED T'E^KN .—Sterna anglica, Mont. 



A RARE visitant. Mr. Gratcombe records that an 

 immature bird was killed in Plymouth Sound in 

 the autumn of 1866 (Zool. 1867. p. 557). This 

 specimen is believed to have entered the collection 

 of Mr. J. B. Eowe. A record for the North of the 

 County has proved to be erroneous. 



CASPIAN TERN.— /S'^erna caspia, Pall. 



A RARE visitant. No Devonshire specimens are 

 noticed in the fourth edition of Yarrell. The 

 responsibility, therefore, for its inclusion here, rests 

 solely with Mr. Parfitt, who states; "One, an 

 immature bird, was killed at Teignmouth, October, 

 1861 (R. Gumming), one on the Exe (F. W. L. 

 Ross), and an immature specimen was shot in 

 Torbay, September 26th, 1873 " (Birds of Devon- 

 shire, p. 301). 



SANDWICH TERN.— /S^er«,a cantiaca, Gmel. 



A SPRING and autumn visitant to our coast and 

 estuaries, at the season of migration. In 1876, 

 a flight of Sandwich Terns appeared in Plymouth 

 Sound as early as the 31st of March. One of the 

 flock was shot, and came under the notice of 

 Mr. Gatcombe (Zool. 1876. p. 4903). 



