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to have been killed in Britain; and another which 

 met the same fate at Proeda, near Magdeburg, is 

 the only other specimen, said to have been taken 

 in Europe. The Sooty Tern, which is a bird of 

 great power of flight, is known to have a very 

 wide geographical range, being included among 

 the birds of Australia, New Holland, the Island of 

 Ascension, the South Sea Islands, and various parts 

 of America, where it has been found to breed 

 plentifully. It is one of those birds which form 

 no nest, but deposit their eggs, three in number, 

 in a slight cavity which they scoop in the sand. 

 The eggs are of a pale cream colour, sparingly 

 marked with various tints of lightish amber and 

 lighter marks of purple. 



TEEN, WHISKERED. 



STERNA .LEUCOPAKEIA, Natt. 



There is only one recorded instance of the cap- 

 ture of an individual of this species in England, 

 namely, that which was shot by the late Mr. Hey- 

 sham, of Carlisle, at Lyme, Dorsetshire, in August, 

 1836. No specimen of this bird had previously been 

 killed nearer than the coast of Picardy. The Whis- 

 kered Tern is rather peculiar in appearance, a 

 whisker being formed by a white line which extends 

 from the base of the upper bill to the ear, while other 



