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because it was not known to him as existing elsewhere. 

 I have heard of two examples killed in this country, 

 both in 1839 ; one in Kent, in the month of June, but 

 of the other I have unfortunately mislaid the letter 

 which contained the particulars. One was taken near 

 Leeds, and was noticed at the York meeting of the British 

 Association. Since that period one specimen has been 

 taken in Scilly, as recorded by E. H. Rodd, Esq. ; two 

 in Sussex, as mentioned by A. E. Knox, Esq. ; and three 

 at Yarmouth, recorded by J. H. Gurney, Esq., of Nor- 

 wich. According to M. Vieillot it has been taken in 

 Picardy, and on the coast of the Channel. M. Tem- 

 minck says it is common in Hungary, and the confines of 

 Turkey, and was included by M. Savigny among the Birds 

 of Egypt. This species appears to have a most extensive 

 geographical range. M. Temminck says he received a 

 specimen killed in the United States, and two others from 

 Brazil ; these last were killed there by Prince Neuwied, 

 and they did not either of them differ from those obtained 

 on the lakes of Hungary. Mr. Selby says, " Upon inves- 

 tigating specimens from North America, I feel no hesitation 

 in considering the Marsh Tern of Wilson's North-American 

 Ornithology to be the same bird." Mr. Audubon also 

 says, " Having taken six specimens of the American 

 Marsh Tern to the British Museum, and minutely com- 

 pared them in all their details with the specimens of the 

 Gull-billed Tern, which formed part of the collection 

 of Colonel Montagu, and were procured in the South of 

 England, I found them to agree so perfectly that no doubt 

 remained with me of the identity of the bird described by 

 Wilson with that first distinguished by the English Orni- 

 thologist." This species has been taken at Bermuda. 

 Colonel Sykes, in his published account of the Birds of 

 India, collected by himself, says of this species, "my 



