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THE BRIDLED TERN. (Scopotts.) 
(STERNA ANASSTHETA.) 
Admitted to the B.O.U. List. 
Noticed by H. Saunders. 
Noticed by Seebohm. 
Mr. Saunders says of the single occurrence “ Zhe smaller 
Sooty Tern (Sterna Anestheta, Scopoli), 7s believed by the 
Liditor to have straggled to one of the lightships at the 
mouth of the Thames, in September, 1875. Both Mr. Bid- 
well, tn whose collection the specimen now 1s, and the 
Editor interviewed the local bird-stuffer who stuted that he 
mounted zt ‘from the flesh’ and they were convinced of the 
truth of his assertion, the evidence is however not suffi- 
ciently perfect to warrant the introduction of this species 
as a British bird. 
Surely the evidence could scarcely be more complete ; 
it could not have been an escaped bird. 
Eggs in my possession taken at Washerwoman Key, 
Bahamas, 5th June, 1884, are fac-similes of eggs of ‘ Fuli- 
ginosa,’ except in size: they are smaller. 
THE NODDY TERN. 
( ANous STOLIDUS.) 
Admitted to the B.O.U. List. 
Admitted by H. Saunders. 
Noticed by Seebohm, 
who considers the evidence for its admission ‘ insufficient.’ 
Mr. Saunders says the eggs are more calcareous than, 
and indistinguishable from eggs of the Sooty Tern. 
