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THE ROSEATE TERN 
STILL A BRITISH BREEDING BIR 
E. G. POTTER, 
York. 
Ir is with pleasure that I record the fact that this ele; 
beautiful bird (Sterna dougalli) is not yet extinct as a 
breeding species, and that it has still a regular nesting haunt i 
British Isles 
Readers will be aware that eminent and leading ornith 
stated in all recent works on British ornithology. Indeed, 
Mr. Henry Seebohm states :—‘It is doubtful whether the. 
Tern nests in any part of the British Islands at the present t 
However, for the last few years I have known of a colony’ 
birds nesting annually in Britain ; but, of course, for obvious: 
I must refrain from disclosing the precise locality. In — 
satisfied them (the B.M. authorities) that this Tern is still 
breeding species. 
It is satisfactory to know that this rare species has 
a portion of these islands where they are not likely to 
molested by man; in fact, as can readily be supposed, it is 7" 
the madding crowd, and it is to be hoped that those gentel! 
are already aware of the habitat in question will keep it 
the sake of the birds and of British Ornithology 
I might also point out that their eggs are readily distin 
from those of the Arctic and Common Terns. . 
Warch 3rd, 1897. : 
