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and lakes of the United Kingdom from spring to autumn. 

 It inhabits the temperate portions of the Palsearctic Region 

 as far as Central Siberia, beyond which its place is taken by- 

 its close ally 8. tibetana. It is also found in the eastern por- 

 tion of the Nearctic Region. 



Sterna dougalli. KOSEATE TEKJ*. 

 Sterna Dougalli 1, Montagu, Orn. Diet. Suppl. (1813). 



Sterna dougalli, Naum. x. p. 78 ; Dresser, viii. p. 273. 

 Sterna dougallii, Macg. v. p. 648; Hewitson, p. 479; Yarr. 



ed. 2, iii. p. 501 ; id. ed. 3, iii. p. 505 ; Harting, p. 76. 

 Sterna paradisea, Gray, p. 239; Gould, v. pi. 71. 

 The Roseate Tern, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 393. 



Dougalli, in honour of Dr. MacDougall, of Glasgow, who first sent a speci- 

 men and description to Montagu in 1812. 



A summer visitant, very local in its breeding- distribution, 

 and rapidly disappearing before its stronger congener S.fluvia- 

 tilis. It breeds exclusively on islands, generally on remote, 

 storm-beaten rocks; the reports of its breeding on certain 

 Scotch lochs are devoid of foundation. It inhabits the 

 coasts of the western Palsearctic, the eastern Nearctic, and 

 the northern portions of the Neotropical Regions, the Indian 

 and Malayan Regions down to Australia, and South Africa. 



Sterna minuta. LITTLE TERN. 



Sterna minuta, Linnaeus, S. N. i. p. 228 (1766). 



Sterna minuta, Naum. x. p. 145 ; Macg. v. p. 652; Hewitson, 

 p. 484; Gray, p. 242; Yarr. ed. 2, iii. p. 519; id, 

 ed. 3, iii. p. 524; Harting, p. 76; Dresser, viii. p. 279. 



Sternula minuta, Gould, v. pi. 73. 



The Lesser Tern, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 410. 



Minuta = small. 



A regular summer visitant, breeding on many portions of 

 the shingly shores of the United Kingdom. It inhabits the 

 temperate portions of the Palsearctic Region, as far east as 



