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Sterna cauTraca, Mont. 
‘This species is very extensively dispersed, being 
found on the coasts of both Continents. It arrives 
in this country about the middle of May, and 
departs by the end of September. It frequents for 
the most part the south-eastern shores of England, 
but several specimens have also been obtained 
from the mouth of the Frith of Forth. It has 
a strong and rapid flight, and except when engaged 
in incubation, is almost constantly on the wing. 
It feeds upon small fishes and crustacea, which it 
picks up from the water or on the sea-shore. It 
deposits its eggs in a shallow hole in sand or turf. 
These are of a yellowish stone colour, spotted and 
speckled with ash grey, orange brown, and deep 
red brown, and generally are not more than three 
in number. 
PE REN os OO N. 
STERNA FULIGINOSA, Aud. 
A single bird of this species was shot in 1852, 
at Tutbury, near Burton-on-Trent, and was pur- 
chased by W. H. Desveeux, Esq., of Drakelow Hall, 
for his collection. This is the only example known 
