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[§ 4411. Three. 
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Northumberland Coast, 23 June, 1851. 
4412. Two. 
Two days after our visit to the Farne Islands (§§ 4421-4423), my brother 
and I set out from Bamborough to try and find the breeding-place of the 
Lesser Tern, mentioned by Mr. Hewitson (Eggs Br. B. ed. 2, p. 452) as being 
on the coast opposite Holy Island. We found the birds much less 
numerous than we had been led to hope, and two nests, one of which con- 
tained but two eggs, were all that rewarded us for a long day’s work, in the 
course of which we must have walked along a good many miles of coast. 
We may have seen a couple of pairs of birds more than the two of which we 
found the nests. Mr. Hewitson, twenty years before, had seen from thirty to 
forty pairs, and he and his companions, the brothers Hancock, found between 
twenty and thirty nests of this bird, within the circuit of a few yards (Brit. 
Ool. no. vii. 1832). ] 
[§ 4413. Zzree—Covehithe, Suffolk, 1854. From Mr. J. 
Farr. | 
[§ 4414. One.—*“ South Russia.” From Herr A. Heinke, of 
Kamuschin, through Dr. Albert Giinther, 1863. ] 
[§ 4415. Four.—Wells, Norfolk. From Mr. J. H. Gurney, jun., 
L$ 
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Lowe. 
Mr. Gurney informed me that these were taken by a Mr. Barrett, but not the 
entomologist of that name. | 
4416. Four —Salthouse, Norfolk, 29 May, 1875. From 
Mr. Norgate. 
Taken, said Mr. Norgate, by one Gabriel Piggot. } 
4417. Three.—Brancaster, Norfolk, June or July, 1877. 
From Mr. Norgate, 1878. | 
4418. Zwo.—Orford Beach, Suffolk,2 June, 1885. “E.N.” 
It having been rumoured that the Sandwich Tern had recently bred on 
Orford Beach, my brother Edward and I wished to ascertain whether there 
was any tiuth in the story, setting aside the desire of seeing a very remarkable 
