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An example is said to have been shot at Taplow, Bucking- 

 hamshire, Aug. 1863. 



Wilson's Snipe breeds in North America from Alaska and 

 Labrador to California and New Jersey. In winter it may- 

 be found as far south as southern Brazil, as well as in the 

 West Indies. 



Order LABIFORMES. 



Family LARID.E. 



Sterna bergii. SWIFT TERN. 



Sterna bergii Lichtenstein, Verzeichn. Doubl. 1823, p. 80 : 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



Sterna bergii Liclit.; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 182; Saun- 

 ders, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. 1896, p. 89 ; id. Manual, 2nd 

 ed. 1899, p. 656. 



An example erroneously recorded near Dublin in Dec. 

 1876. 



This is a purely tropical species found along the coasts of 

 the Indian and Pacific Oceans from the Cape of Good Hope 

 to the China and Australian seas. It has recently been 

 separated into a number of subspecies, the typical race being 

 restricted to the Cape. 



Sterna anaethetus. SCOPOLI'S SOOTY TERN. 



Sterna ansethetus Scopoli, Del. Faun, et Flor. Ins. ii. 

 1786, p. 92 ; Philippine Islands. 



Sterna ansestheta Scop. ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 184; 

 Sounders, Gat. Birds B. M. xxv. 1896, p. 101 ; id. Manual*. 

 2nd ed. 1899, p. 654. 



An example is said to have been taken off a lightship at the 

 mouth of the Thames, Sept. 1875, but the evidence is not 

 very satisfactory. 



