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pair or more have occasionally remained at Spurn through 

 the summer. Sometimes observed inland. The account 

 of its nesting in Yorkshire furnished to Mr. More by Mr. 

 Thomas Gough is simply incredible. 



323. Numenius arquata (Z.). Common Curlew. 



Resident, local, but breeding in more or less abundance on 

 all the high moorlands, least numerous in the south. It 

 retires from its breeding-haunts in August for the coast, 

 where it remains during the winter, returning in April. A 

 few are observed on the Humber muds all through the 

 summer. 



Order 5. GAYIM. 

 Fam. LARIDiE. 



Sub-fam. STERNIN^. 



324. Sterna macrura Naum. Arctic Tern. 



Periodical visitant on the coast, in spring and autumn, on its 

 way to and from its breeding-stations, and much the most 

 numerous at the latter season. Of very rare occurrence 

 inland. 



325. Sterna fluviatilis Naum. Common Tern. 



Periodical visitant on the coast in spring and autumn, passing 

 to and from its breeding haunts, and, like S. macrura, most 

 common in autumn, but occurs much more frequently 

 inland. 



326. Sterna dougalli Mont. Roseate Tern. 



Casual visitant, of extremely rare occurrence. In 1844, Mr. 

 Allis stated that Mr. H. Reid had shot it at Scarborough 

 and Hornsea. 'Argus,' writing in the 'Field' (Jan. 13, 

 1877, p. 44), records five in the Tees bay from the ist to 

 nth August, 1876. 



327. Sterna minuta L. Little Tern. 



Summer visitant, breeding in yearly-decreasing numbers at 

 Spurn ; arriving in May, leaving in September. On the 

 reservoirs near Wakefield, these birds appear every spring 

 and autumn. 



