THE BIRDS OF DEVONSHIRE. 159 



COMMON TER^.— Sterna fluviatilis, Naum. 



An autumn and spring visitant to the North and 

 South Coasts of Devon, often numerous in our 

 estuaries at the former period. 



ARCTIC TERN.— S^er/^a macrura, Naum. 

 A SPRING and autumn visitant on migration. 

 " Terns of any kind," writes Mr. Gatcombe, " are 

 seldom seen in our harbours before September, and 

 these mostly young birds of the year, but I can 

 remember two extraordinary flights of adult Arctic 

 Terns occurring on the Coasts of Devon and 

 Cornwall in May, many years ago ; and strange to 

 say, both flights happened after a dense sea fog '' 

 (Zool. 1872. p 3260). 



LITTLE TERN.— /S'^mm minuta, Linn. 



An OCCASIONAL visitant, chiefly in the autumn, 

 when immature birds are not very uncommon at 

 Exmouth, Kingsbridge, Plymouth and on the 

 North Coast of the County. 



Subfamily Larin^, 

 SABINE'S GULL.— Xewrt sahinii (.1. Sabine). 



A RARE visitant in immature plumage. The Rev. 

 W. S. Hore records t^o examples killed near 

 Brixham, October, 1844 (Zool. 1844. p. 879). 

 The Rev. M. A. Mathew records a third ''shot 

 on the South Coast of Devon a few years since " 



