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Sterna Niera, Mem. 
This species arrives im the south-eastern parts 
of England about the beginning of May, and 
departs in September. It frequents fresh water 
ponds, marshes, and rivers, where it finds the small 
fish, insects, and reptiles on which it feeds. It is 
rare in the northern parts of England, and has not 
been met with in Scotland, but is found in summer 
in Ireland. On the Continent it is seen in marshy 
places of great extent, and in America is abundant 
along the banks of the Mississippi and other 
rivers, always preferring fresh water to the shores 
of the sea. The nest is composed of flags and 
coarse grass, and the eggs, usually three, but 
sometimes four in number, are of a dark olive 
brown, blotched and spotted with black, principally 
at the larger end. 
TERN, CASPIAN. 
STERNA CaSsPIA, Selby. 
This species of Tern, which is very fine and 
large, has been met with on our eastern coasts, 
particularly those of Suffolk and Norfolk. It is 
said to inhabit the shores of the Baltic, Caspian, 
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