land of Epirus. We met with it in great abundance 

 near Paphos in May, and I have no doubt that it 

 breeds in many of the freshwater or brackish marshes 

 of Cyprus. The only difference of habit that I could 

 perceive between this species and the Black Tern was 

 that its flight is somewhat less wavering and indirect 

 than that of the latter species ; but I must admit that I 

 have never visited a breeding locality of this, as I have 

 many of the former bird. 



The White-winged Black Tern is known as a vernal 

 migrant throughout the Mediterranean, and breeds 

 {fide Yarrell) in some parts of Southern Germany, 

 Hungary, Poland, and throughout Southern Russia. 

 In Spain, though common on the eastern coast in May, 

 I never met with it in Andalucia, and have only on one 

 occasion received a few specimens from that province. 

 The diet of this species consists almost exclusively of 

 insects taken on the wing or from the surface of lakes 

 and ponds. 



