NODDY TEKN. 



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NATATORES. 



LARJD^. 







THE NODDY TERN. 



Sterna stolida, Black Noddy, Jenvns, Brit. Yert. p. 270. 

 Anotis ,, ,, ,, Eytom, Rare Brit. Birds, p. 70. 



Sterna ,, Noddy Tern, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xxi. 



,, ,, H. demer Noddy, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. vol. iv. p. 461. 



Two examples of this Tern were shot in the summer 

 of 1840, between the Tasker Light-House, off the coast of 

 Wexford, and Dublin Bay. The fact was recorded, after 

 the examination of both specimens, by Wm. Thompson, Esq. 

 of Belfast, in publications devoted to natural history, and was 

 then the first record of the occurrence of the Sterna stolida 

 in Europe. The specimens are both preserved. It has re- 

 cently been stated by Thos. Austin, Esq. in the Annals and 

 Magazine of Natural History, " that this species is a sum- 

 mer-visiter to St. George's Channel, but is so exceedingly 

 shy that the writer could never get a shot at one, thongh 

 watching many times for a chance ; the bird seeks its food at 



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