SOOTY TEEN. 



STERNA FULIGINOSA, J. F. Gmelin. 



Sterna fuliginosa, /. F. Gmelin, S. N. i. p. 605 ; Naum. xiii. 

 (Schluss) p. 267 ; Dresser, viii. p. 307 ; Yarr. ed. 4, iii. 

 p. 562. 



The Sooty Tern has been noticed three times in 

 England, and a few instances are recorded of its 

 occurrence on the Continent. 



Its home is the tropical seas of nearly the whole 

 circuit of the world. Vast numbers gather together 

 at the breeding-season on certain islands, such as 

 Ascension, where the assemblage is called a " Wide- 

 awake Pair." [0. S.] 



