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(Mr. R. Kent} ; in Essex, and probably also in North Kent, at the 

 mouth of the Thames (Mr. F. Bond} ; in Lancashire (this may include 

 Subprovince 21) (Rev. H. B. Tristram) ; on the Farn Islands and Isle 

 of Coquet, off Northumberland, and on the coast of Cumberland. 



Mr. Robert Gray writes that a small colony has lately established 

 itself on an island in Loch Lomond ; and Sir W. Jardine tells us that it 

 breeds on the Isle of May and off North Berwick. Further north, the 

 birds have been seen in summer on the Firths of Tongue and Erribol ; 

 but the nest was not discovered. 



STERNA PARADISEA (Brunn.}. Roseate Tern. 



Provinces I. XI.-XIV. XV. XVI. 

 Subprovinces 1, 24, 25, 26 ?, (27), 28, 29, 32. 

 Lat. 50-57. " English " (or " British " ?) type. 



Only a few localities are known for the nest of this species, which 

 appears to be much more scarce than the Common and Arctic 

 Terns. 



Mr. Rodd marks the Roseate Tern as breeding regularly in Corn- 

 wall. Mr. Hewitson mentions Foulney Island in Lancashire, and 

 Yarrell the low islands in the Solway Firth. The Farn Islands are 

 another well-known locality. In Scotland Sir W. Jardine has found 

 the bird breeding plentifully in the Isle of May, off Fifeshire. Mr. 

 Archibald Hepburn informs me that it breeds also in Haddingtonshire ; 

 and Mr. Robert Gray finds a few pairs breeding on an island in Loch 

 Lomond, but remarks that "this elegant species has entirely disap- 

 peared from the Cumbraes, where it was originally discovered." 



STERNA HIRUNDO (Linn.}. Common Tern. 



Provinces I.-IV. VI. -VIII. IX. ? X.-XVIII. 

 Subprovinces 1, 2, 4, 6-8, 11, 17-19, 21 ?, 24-26, 28-38. 

 Lat. 50-61. " British " type, or general. 



Breeds on various parts of the coast from the south to the north of 

 Great Britain, and frequents also the islets in many of the Scottish 

 Lakes, but has not always been distinguished from the next species. 



STERNA MACRURA (Naum.}. Arctic Tern. 



Provinces I.-IV. VII. VIII. IX. X.-XII. XIV.-XVIII. 

 Subprovinces 1, 3, 6-8, 11, 17-19, 24, 25, 28-30, 32-38. 

 Lat. 50-61. " British " type, or general. 



With much the same range, in Great Britain, as the Common Tern, 

 the Arctic Tern appears to be about equally numerous ; and if observed 

 in fewer districts, this is probably only because it has been passed 

 over, being either mistaken for, or associated with, the Common 

 Tern. 



