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doubtful whether it proceeds so far towards the north as 

 the Bohus Skargard. It is not uncommon in Denmark, 

 where it breeds. 



The Black Tern (Svart Tarna, or Black Tern, Sw. ; 8. 

 nigra, Linn.) was pretty common in the Wenern, where, on 

 one occasion, I myself shot several; but in the adjoining 

 Skargard it is rarely or never seen. It is found in the 

 southern and more midland provinces of Sweden, chiefly 

 in the interior, and as high up, according to Linnaeus, as the 

 60 N. latitude. It is common in Denmark. Migrates. 



The Hvit'Vingad Tarna, or White-winged Tern (S. leu- 

 copter a, Temm.), whose proper home is the inland lakes of 

 the more southern parts of Europe, is numbered amongst 

 the Scandinavian birds; but so far as I am aware, only a 

 single specimen has, as yet, been killed in the peninsula, and 

 that near to the town of Lund in Scania. It is also very 

 rare in Denmark. 



According to Kjaerbolling, the Danish fauna includes three 

 more terns than the Swedish namely, the Roseate Tern 

 (8. Dougallii, Mont.); the Gull-billed Tern (8. Anglica, 

 Mont.) ; and the Whiskered Tern (8. leucopareia, Natterer). 

 The last, he says and I mention the circumstance, as its 

 nesting habits seem to be unknown to English naturalists 

 lays three to four eggs of a pale-green colour, marked with 

 brownish-ash-grey and dark-brown spots. 



The Little Gull (Dverg-Mdse, or Dwarf-Gull, Sw. ; Larus 

 minutus, Pall.). This, the smallest of the gulls, whose home 

 is Siberia and other eastern countries, is confined, Nilsson 

 tells us, to the island of Gottland, where it breeds. It has 

 on several occasions been killed in Denmark, where, however, 

 it is very scarce, and only appears during certain years. 



