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with along the southern, eastern, and western 
coasts both of England and Scotland. In summer 
it is not very uncommon on the sands at Aberdeen, 
where there is a breeding place, and at the mouth 
of the Frith of Forth. It is said to be common in 
the summer on the shores of the Baltic, and is known 
to visit Russia and Siberia. In Germany, Holland, 
France, and Italy, on the shores of the Black and 
Caspian seas, and in India and the United States, it 
is extensively distributed. The female lays two or 
three egos, of a stone colour, marked and speckled 
with ash grey and chestnut brown spots. 
ER No NOD ID ae 
STERNA STOLIDA, Lin. 
This species has been found in the Gulf of 
Mexico, on the shores of Florida, and on the coast of 
France. Two specimens were shot in the summer 
of 1840, between the Tasker Light-House, off the 
coast of Wexford, and Dublin Bay. It is said that 
this bird is a summer visitor to St. George’s Channel. 
It seeks its food at some distance from land, but 
occasionally pursues its prey into the estuaries 
of the larger Irish rivers, or along the outer shores 
of the coast. The nest, which is formed of twigs 
