i7r. 



THE LITTLE TERN. 

 Sterna minuta L. 



A FEW Little Terns reached their breeding-quarters in Kent 

 on the 9th and 13th oi: April, and appeared in Essex on the 

 25th and 30th, and in Suffolk on May the 1st. 



The main body arrived in Kent on May the 2nd, in Essex 

 on the 5th, Gth, and 7th, and in Suffolk on the 14th, while 

 nesting-operations had commenced in Essex by May the 13th. 



In the west the first birds put in an appearance in Devon 

 on ]May the 3rd, on the Gth a certain number had reached 

 Lancashire, and on the 15th a few pairs were recorded from 

 C*umberland. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



ril D. 



Dungeness, Kent. 



, 13. 



Dungeness, Kent. 



, 25. 



Essex. 



, 30. 



Essex. 



.y 1. 



Suffolk (few). 



9 



5 -• 



Dungeness, Kent (large numbers). 



„ 3. 



Essex and Devon (few). 



„ 5. 



Essex. 



6. 



Sussex, Essex (few) and Lancashire (many) 



„ 7. 



Essex (few) and Lancashire. 



„ 8. 



Sussex (many) and Carnarvon. 



„ 12. 



Suffolk. 



„ 13. 



Essex (nesting). 



„ 14. 



Suffolk (many). 



15. 



( Cumberland. 



„ 17. 



Essex (many). 



„ 18. 



Lancashire (several). 



. 20. 



Lancashire (settled). 



., 21. 



Merioneth. 



24. Lancashire (numbers). 



