in Great Britain during the Nesting -season. 453 



which appears to be much more scarce than the Common and 

 Arctic Terns. 



Mr. Rodd marks the Roseate Tern as breeding regularly in 

 Cornwall. Mr. Hevvitson mentions Foulney Island in Lancashire, 

 and Yarrell the low islands in the Solway Firth. The Farn Islands 

 are another well-known locality. In Scotland Sir W. Jardine 

 has found the bird breeding plentifully in the Isle of May^ off 

 Fifeshire. Mr. Archibald Hepburn informs me that it breeds 

 also in Haddingtonshire ; and Mr. Robert Gray finds a few pairs 

 breeding on an island in Loch Lomond, but remarks that "this 

 elegant species has entirely disappeared from the Cumbraes, 

 where it was originally discovered." 



Sterna hirundo {Linn.). Common Tern. 

 Provinces I.-IV. VI.-VIII. IX. ? X.-XVIII. 

 Subprovinces 1, 2, 4, 6-8, 11, 17-19, 21 ?, 24-26, 28-38. 

 Lat. 50°-61°. "British'' type, or general. 



Breeds on various parts of the coast from the south to the 

 north of Great Britain, and frequents also the islets in many of 

 the Scottish Lakes, but has not always been distinguished from 

 the next species. 



Sterna macrura [Naum.). Arctic Tern. 

 Provinces I.-IV. VII. VIII. IX. X.-XII. XIV.-XVIII. 

 Subprovinces 1, 3, 6-8, 11, 17-19, 24, 25, 28-30, 32-38. 

 Lat. 50°-61°. "British'' type, or general. 



With much the same range, in Great Britain, as the Common 

 Tern, the Arctic Tern appears to be about equally numerous; 

 and if observed in fewer districts, this is probably only because it 

 has been passed over, being either mistaken for, or associated 

 with, the Common Tern. 



Sterna minuta [Linn.). Lesser Tern. 

 Provinces II.-IV. VIII. IX. ? X.-XII. XIV.-XVIII. 

 Subprovinces 6-8, 10, 11, 19, 21?, 22, 24, 25, 28, 30-32, 



35, 37. 

 Lat. 50°-60°. " British " type, or general. 



Though not numerous as a species, the Lesser Tern breeds in 



