458 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



This list somewhat augments those previously published [1. c. 

 iii. 565; iv. 409), and the particulars are now as correct as it is 

 possible to obtain after the lapse of time which has occurred. 



In addition to the occurrences above noted for Norfolk, there 

 are nine more in other parts of England, and one doubtful one. 

 In Scotland and Ireland Sterna caspia has not j'et been recognised. 

 Its appearance sooner or later in Cornwall, or the Scilly Isles, may 

 be safelj' jDredicted, Terns from the Mediterranean being as likely 

 to visit the south coast of England as those from Sylt do the 

 east coast. 



One, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, prior to 1835. Jenyns, Brit. Vert. 

 Animals, p. 265. 



One, Lydd, Kent, prior to 1845. E. P. Thompson, 'Note- 

 book of a Naturalist,' p. 265. 



Two, Weymouth, autumn of 18A8, JideW. Thompson. Mansell- 

 Pleydell's ' Ornithology of Dorset' (187 9), p. 52. Mr. Mansell- 

 Pleydell writes that these birds are no longer in existence, having 

 perished with the rest of Mr. Thompson's collection, though in 

 good condition at the time of his death. 



One, Caythorpe, Lincolnshire, May 17th, 1853. 'Zoologist,' 

 1853, p. 3946. This locality is twenty miles from the sea. 



One, Christchurch harbour, about 1853. Wise, 'New Forest,' 

 p. 317. 



One, Wareham, Dorsetshire, July, 1872. Mansell-Pleydell, 

 • Ornithology of Dorset' (1879), p. 52. 



[One, Birmingham, April 28th, 1874. ' Zoologist,' p. 4036. 

 Doubtful, as it was not shot, and the observer never got within 

 250 yards.] 



One, Filey, Yorks., September, 1874. E. A. Willis, ' The 

 Field,' Nov. 15th, 1879. Preserved by Baker, of Cambridge, 

 and identified by Prof. Newton. 



One, Fame Islands, June 6th, 1880. Seen by Mr. E. Bidvvell, 

 but not obtained. The red beak of this Tern is conspicuous a 

 long way off, and in Egypt our party easily identified it by this 

 character alone. 



We have thus altogether eighteen reported occurrences of this 

 fine Tern in the British Isles, but thirteen years have elapsed 

 since the last specimen was obtained. 



