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THE LITTLE TERN. 



Sterna minuta, L. 



Many Little Terns arrived at their breeding-station in 

 Kent between the 16th and 23rd of April. The first were 

 noticed at their nesting-haunts in Norfolk on the 20th, the 

 main body arriving on the 26th and 29th. A single bird 

 arrived on the Merioneth coast on the 19th and a second on 

 the 30th, while passing birds were seen in Cumberland on 

 the 26th and 29th. 



During the first week in May a further increase was 

 noted in Kent, some were seen on the Lancashire coast on 

 the 14th, and numbers had arrived at their breeding- 

 quarters in the Isle of Man on the 17th, in Merioneth on the 

 18th, and on the Cheshire coast on the 20th. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



April 19th. Merioneth. 

 20th. Norfolk. 

 „ 23rd, Kent (numbers during the week). 

 „ 26th & 29th. Norfolk (increase). Cumberland. 

 30th. Merioneth. 

 May 7th. Kent (large numbers during the week). 



10th. Essex. 

 11th. Suffolk. 

 „ 14th & 18th. Lancashire. 

 „ 15th. Merioneth (slight increase). Gloucester 



(passing). 

 J, 17th. Essex (slight increase). Isle of Man 



(many). 

 „ 20th. Cheshire (many). 



