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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 eggs, of a stone colour, marked and speckled 

 with ash grey and chestnut brown spots. 



TEEN, NODDY. 



STEUNA STOLID A, 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 



