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glazed cases, where it is impossible to ascertain the 
proportion of black and white on the primaries. 
The Arctic Tern, also, rarely wanders from the coast, 
and the majority of these specimens are probably 
Common Terns. We have, however, identified two 
examples of this species from inland localities; the 
first, a bird in immature plumage, was obtained by 
Oldham on September 21st, 1894, at Swineshaw Reser- 
voir, near Staleybridge, where it had been shot on the 
previous day. It is now in the Grosvenor Museum, 
Chester. The other, in the possession of Mr. J. K. 
Taylor, was shot, together with a Common Tern, on a 
reservoir at Furness Vale, a year or two later. 
LESSER TERN. 
STERNA MINUTA, Linnzeus. 
The Lesser Tern breeds in several localities on the 
north coast of Wales, and in autumn it is not uncommon 
in the estuary of the Dee and off the coast of Wirral. 
There is no evidence that it has ever nested in Cheshire, 
and we have not heard of its occurrence inland. 
NODDY TERN. 
ANOUS STOLIDUS (Linnezeus). 
[In the Field for 1897 a note appeared from Mr. F. 
Congreve of Burton Hall to the effect that he had 
obtained a locally killed specimen of the Noddy Tern. 
He states that the specimen, which is in immature 
plumage, the grey crown being just visible, was shot 
on the Dee Marshes in winter, about six years 
