540 



QA 



LARID/E. 



LARIDtf. 



STERNA CANTIACA, Ginelin.* 

 THE SANDWICH TERN. 



Sterna Boysii. 



THE SANDWICH TERN was first observed and obtained in 

 this country at Sandwich, in 1784, by the late Mr. Boys, who 

 sent specimens to Latham, by whom the particulars respect- 

 ing it were published in the sixth volume of his General 

 Synopsis, p. 356. Attention being thus drawn to this 

 species, it was ascertained to be a regular summer visitor 

 here, appearing in spring and departing in autumn, after 

 having reared its brood. Owing to persecution by egg- 

 collectors, and to other causes, it has been driven from several 

 localities where it formerly bred ; and in others its numbers 



* Syst. Nat. i, p. 606 (1788). The name of S. boysii was not conferred by 

 Latham till 1790. In Supp. I. to the General Synopsis, p. 296 (1787), he calls 

 it Sterna sandvicensis, but it seems undesirable to adopt this name. 



