NODDY TERN. 531 



NA TA TORES. LARIDM. 





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THE NODDY TEEN. 



Sterna stolida. 



Sterna stolida, Black Noddy, JENYNS, Brit. .Vert. p. 270. 



A nous EYTON, Rare Brit. Birds, p. 70. 



Sterna, Noddy Tern, GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xxi. 



H. de mer Noddy, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. vol. iv. p. 461. 



Two examples of this Tern were shot in the summer 

 of 1840, between the Tasker Light-House, off the coast of 

 Wexford, and Dublin Bay. The fact was recorded, after 

 the examination of both specimens, by Wm. Thompson, 

 Esq. of Belfast, in publications devoted to natural history, 

 and was then the first record of the occurrence of the 

 Sterna stolida in Europe. The specimens are both pre- 

 served. It has recently been stated by Thos. Austin, Esq. 

 in the Annals and Magazine of Natural History, " that 

 this species is a summer visiter to St. George's Channel, 

 but is so exceedingly shy that the writer could never get a 

 shot at one, though watching many times for a chance ; 



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