in Great Britain during the Nesting-season. 79 
which appears to be much more scarce than the Common and 
Arctic Terns. 
Mr. Rodd marks the Roseate Tern as breeding regularly in 
Cornwall. Mr. Hewitson mentions Foulney Island in Laneashire, 
and Yarrell the low islands in the Solway Firth. The Farn Islands 
are another well-known locality. In Scotland Sir W. Jardine 
has found the bird breeding plentifully in the Isle of May, off 
Fifeshire. Mr. Archibald Hepburn informs me that it breeds 
also in Haddingtonshire ; and Mr. Robert Gray finds a few pairs 
breeding on an island in Loch Lomond, but remarks that “ this 
elegant species has entirely disappeared from the Cumbraes, 
where it was originally discovered.” 
STERNA HIRUNDO (Linn.). Common Tern. 
Provinces I.-IV. VI.-VIII. IX. ? X.-XVIII. 
Subprovinces 1, 2, 4, 6-8, 11, 17-19, 21 ?, 24-26, 28-38. 
Lat. 50°-61°. “ British” type, or general. 
Breeds on various parts of the coast from the south to the 
north of Great Britain, and frequents also the islets in many of 
the Scottish Lakes, but has not always been distinguished from 
the next species. 
Sterna MAcruRA (Naum.). Arctic Tern. 
Provinces I-IV. VII. VIII. IX. X.-XII. XIV.-XVIII. 
Subprovinces 1, 3, 6-8, 11, 17-19, 24, 25, 28-30, 32-38. 
Lat. 50°-61°. “British” type, or general. 
With much the same range, in Great Britain, as the Common 
Tern, the Arctic Tern appears to be about equally numerous ; 
and if observed in fewer districts, this is probably only because it 
has been passed over, being either mistaken for, or associated 
with, the Common Tern. 
STeRNA MINUTA (Linn.). Lesser Tern. 
Provinces IJ -IV. VIII. [X.? X.-XII. XIV.—XVIII. 
Subprovinces 6-8, 10, 11, 19, 21?, 22, 24, 25, 28, 30-82, 
35, 37. 
Lat. 50°-60°. “British” type, or general. 
Though not numerous as a species, the Lesser Tern breeds in 
