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distributed on all our coasts, but becomes scarcer towards 

 the north o£ Scotland, especially in the Orkney and Shetland 

 Islands and the Outer Hebrides. It frequently breeds on 

 inland waters. 



General Distribution. — The Common Tern breeds on the 

 coasts, rivers, and inland waters of Europe from Norway to 

 the Mediterranean, Black, and Caspian seas, and to the 

 Azores, the Canary Islands, and the Madeira group ; also 

 in temperate Asia from the River Obi in 66° N. latitude 

 and Turkestan, eastwards to LakeBaikal ; also in north Africa ; 

 in North America it occurs south of about 62° N. to Carolina 

 and Lower California, but is scarce on the Pacific side. 

 In winter it visits Africa, ranging to the Cape, also 

 southern Asia, and Central and South America to Brazil. 



Sterna paradisea. Arctic Tekn. 



sterna paradissea Brimnich, Orn. Bor. 1764, p. 46 : 

 Christiansoe Isl., Bornholm. 



Sterna macrura Naum. ; H. 0. TJ. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 180 ; 

 Saunders, Oat. Birds B. M. xxv. 1896, p. 62 ; id. Manual, 

 2nd ed. 1899, p. 649. 



Paradisea, belonging to Paradise, i. e., heavenly. 



Distribution in the British Islands. — A Summer Visitor 

 fi-om April to October ; also a Bird of Passage. On the 

 coasts of England it is not numerous, breeding on the 

 Fame Islands, Northumberland, Scilly Islands, Anglesey, 

 Lancashire, and the Isle of Man ; in Scotland it is more 

 abundant, ranging north to the Orkney and Shetland Islands 

 and the Outer Hebrides. Both in Scotland and in Ireland, 

 where it is common, it breeds inland as well as on the 

 coasts. 



General Distribution. — The Arctic Tern breeds in the 

 northern portions of both the Old and New Worlds, rangino- 

 northwards to about 82° N. latitude, southwards to about 

 50° N. in Europe, 52° N. in Asia, and 42° N. in North 

 America. In winter it visits the coasts of Africa and South 



