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south, but is described as abundant in many parts of Scotland, 

 especially the western and nortbern islands. On the east side of 

 Scotland, however, there are large tracts of coast on which none 

 are to be seen. The bird is also wanting on the south and east 

 coasts of England, from the Isle of Wight to Yorkshire. 



SuLA BASSANA [Boie). Gannet. 



Provinces I. XIII. XIV. XVIII. 



Subprovinces 2, 27, 28, 36, 37. 



Lat. 51°-59°. " Scottish " type, or Northern, 



The breeding-stations of the Gannet are Lundy Island, in the 

 British Channel ; Ailsa Craig, oiF Ayrshire ; St. Kilda (and, I 

 believe, one or two neighbouring islands), in the Outer Hebrides; 

 Suliskerry, which lies to the west of Hoy in Orkney ; and the 

 Bass Eock, in the Firth of Forth. 



Sterna cantiaca (GmeL). Sandwich Tern. 



Provinces I. III. XL XII. XIV.-XVI. 



Subprovinces 1, 7, 8, 24, 25, 28, 29, 32. 

 Lat. 50°-57°. "Enghsh" type, or Southern. 



Breeds in Cornwall {Mr. E. H. Redd) ; in South Kent occa- 

 sionally {Mr. R. Kent) ; in Essex, and probably also in North 

 Kent, at the mouth of the Thames {Mr. F. Bond) ; in Lanca- 

 shire (this may include Subprovince 21) {Rev. H. B. Tristram); 

 on the Farn Islands and Isle of Coquet, oflF Northumberland, 

 and on the coast of Cumberland. 



Mr. Robert Gray writes that a small colony has lately esta- 

 blished itself on an island in Loch Lomond ; and Sir W. Jardine 

 tells us that it breeds on the Isle of May and off North Ber- 

 wick. Further north, the birds have been seen in summer on 

 the Firths of Tongue and Erribol ; but the nest was not dis- 

 covered. 



Sterna paradise a {Brtinn.). Roseate Tern. 



Provinces I. XI.-XIV. XV. XVI. 



Subprovinces 1, 24, 25, 26 ?, (27), 28, 29, 32. 

 Lat. 50°-57°. " English " or " British " ? type. 



Only a few localities are known for the nest of this species, 



