SANDWICH TERN. 



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NATATORES. 



LARTD/E, 



THE SANDWICH TERN. 



Sterna Boysii, Sandwich Tern, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. ii. p. 200. 



,, ,, Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



,, ,, Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 211. 



,, ,, Flem. Brit. An. p. 142. 



,, ,, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 464. 



cantuicd, 



ft 



Boysii, 



)* 



cantiaca. 



,, ,, Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 265. 



,, ,, ,, ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. vi. 



,, ,, Hirundellede mer Caugek, Temm. Rlan. d'Ornith. vol. ii. p. 735. 



The Sandwich Tern was first observed and obtained in 

 this country at Sandwich, in 1784, by Mr. Boys, who sent 

 specimens to Dr. Latham, by whom the particidars respect- 

 ing it were published in the sixth volume of his General 

 Synopsis, page 356, species 9. Attention being thus drawn 

 to this species, it has since been ascertained to be a regular 



