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ROSEATE TERN. 



Sterna Dougalli, MONTAGU. 



Sterna ? Dougalli Of (Mac)dougall. 



THE species before us extends its flight in Europe, from 

 Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, to France, Holland, Germany, 

 and Italy. Specimens have been procured in Africa, at the 

 Cape of Good Hope, and in Madeira. In Asia, from India; 

 and in America it is plentiful in Florida. 



This very elegant Tern was first discovered by Dr. Mac- 

 dougall, after whom it was named. He found it on an 

 island called Cumbray, in the Frith of Clyde. It has since 

 been observed in divers other localities, among them in 

 Cumberland, at Brugh Marsh Point, on the Solway Frith. 



In Yorkshire specimens have occurred at Scarborough, 

 Hornsea, and Hebden Bridge. One was shot at Swanpool, 

 Falmouth, Cornwall, October 1st, 1846; so too in Devonshire, 

 and in Norfolk at Yarmouth. Likewise in Oxfordshire, two 

 on the River Isis, near Oxford, and one at Tusmore Park, 

 near Bicester, in the summer of 1848. T. C. Eyton, Esq., 

 of Eyton, has recorded its capture in Shropshire. 



In Ireland it is a rare species; has occurred in the county 

 of Dublin, and also in the Bay of Belfast. 



They breed on the Fern Islands, the Walmseys, and 

 Coquet Island, off the Northumbrian coast; also in numbers 

 on Foulney Island, on the coast of Lancashire. In Scotland, 

 in the Isle of May, in the Frith of Forth; and, as already 

 mentioned, on the Cumbray Islands, in the Frith of Clyde. 



This species arrives about the middle of May, and departs 

 by the end of September. 



When engaged with their young these birds shew great 

 anxiety, and permit a close approach. They are naturally 

 shy. 



