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Sterna hiriindo. 



Com/nion Tern. 

 These are not uncominoiily observed on the Canal, a few 

 appearing every year. I have several Marlborough speci- 

 mens in my collection, and there is at least one in the 

 College mnsenm. 



Sterna arctica. 



Arctic Tern. 



This species also occasionally appears, but not so often 

 as the former. I have one specimen killed, in 1867, within a 

 hundred yards of the College grounds. 



Sterna fissipes. 



Blade Tern. 

 I have an immature male of this species obtained at 

 Ogbourne St. George by a keeper of the name of Rushen. 



Uria alle. 



Puffin. 



Since the completion of my M.S.S., I have received the 



following notice of the occurrence of this bird. A Puffin 



was caught by hand by George Scott (Postman), on the 



banks of the River Kennet, near the village of the same 



