STERNA DOUGALLI. 299 
STERNA DOUGALLI, Montagu. 
ROSEATE TERN. 
§ 4419. One.—From Mr. Hewitson, 1844. 
Sent by Mr. Hewitson as a present. 
[More likely than not this came from either Coquet Island or the Farnes, the 
only places, as Mr. Hewitson wrote in 1834 (Brit. Ool. text to pl. Ixvi.), where 
he had seen the species, and remarked that the only way of obtaining genuine 
eggs “ with certainty is by watching the bird settle upon them. They seem, 
however, from the specimens I have examined to be more constantly of a light 
colour, and more covered with minute dots than the eggs of the other Terns.” 
This I believe to be true, but one of the eggs he figured at the same time is 
exceptionally dark for a Tern’s of any kind, and marked with very few dots, 
so that any intermediate form might be expected to occur. The present egg is 
inscribed “‘ Roseate ”’ in handwriting which I recognize as Mr. Hewitson’s. ] 
§ 4420. One. 
[Whence Mr. Wolley obtained this specimen I cannot say, as I cannot find 
it entered in the Egg-book by him. It has the word “ Roseate” written upon 
it, though in a hand unknown to me, and has all the look of being rightly 
named. | 
[§ 4421. Zio. } 
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| Inner Wide-open, Farne Islands, 21 June 
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4423. One. | 
For some years my brother Edward and I had cherished a very strong desire 
to visit the Farne Islands, whose ornithological riches the pages of Yarrell and 
Hewitson had made known to us. In the summer of 1851, the kindness of an 
uncle, Mr. Milnes of Fryston, enabled us to realize our fond wish; and, 
provided with the necessary permission from Archdeacon Thorp, on behalf of 
the Trustees of the Crewe Charity (who then bore absolute sway over the 
islands—no one being able to land upon them without leave), we arrived at 
Bamborough on the evening of the 20th of June. Very early the next morning 
we proceeded to North Sunderland, or rather Sea-houses, whence we took a 
boat to our destination, and passed the whole of a glorious day among the 
birds, only returning late in the evening. It was the first time that either of 
us had ever seen a sea-birds’ resort of the kind, and our expectations were 
