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informs me that the Common Tern (S.fluviatilis) has been once found in Thingralla lake. I 

 think there may be some mistake here ; for I am of opinion that further investigation will show 

 that species to have but a limited northern range. So far as I can judge from the safest evidence 

 within my reach, it is not found in either the Shetlands or Faeroes." We must state, however, 

 that Dresser's collection contains eggs from Iceland, obtained by Dr. Kruper, a reliable authority. 

 Herr Sysselmand Miiller thinks that it occurs on the Faeroes, but is not sure. Nilsson says it is 

 the commonest Tern in Scandinavia, and is found from Skane to the polar circle. At Udjaur, in 

 Lapland, Mr. Lowenhjelm saw several in the month of June ; and according to Malm it occurs 

 in Western Lapland. Collett states that all along the coast of Norway, from the Hvalseme to 

 above Lofoten, it is found breeding abundantly, but has not been observed at Tromsoe or in 

 Finmark. Dresser found it at Uleaborg, in Finland, almost as common as the Arctic Tern. Kjaer- 

 bolling records it as common in Denmark ; and Meyer says the same regarding its occurrence on 

 the coast of Livonia. We have in our collection a fine adult bird from the neighbourhood of 

 St. Petersburg. Baron Droste says that they breed on Borkum, but in much smaller numbers 

 than formerly, as they have been almost destroyed by people taking their eggs. On Bottum, 

 however, they breed in thousands, the noise of their wings being almost deafening. Mr. £L M. 

 Labouchere writes to us : — " This bird is very common in Holland, and is found on the canals 

 and lakes all through the country; it arrives in May, and leaves in September. On a voyage 

 from England to Holland this is generally the first bird one sees on entering the mouth of the 

 river Maas, and a dozen or more of these Terns continue flying in the wake of the vessel for many 

 leagues inland." De Selys-Longchamps says that in Belgium it is very common on the coast near 

 Ostend, and on the Scheldt as far as Antwerp. Kreener, writing from Strasbourg, says it is 

 " sedentary from May to August on the Bhine and its tributaries. At seasons when the waters 

 of the Bhine are swollen with rain, it spreads over other parts of the country, and often appears 

 in the centre of our town." Degland and Gerbe observe : — " Common on all the coasts of 

 France. A few breed on the dunes of Ficardy, Boulonnais, and Bayonne, and on the Loire." It 

 nests in the Camargue, according to Jaubert and Barthelemy-Lapommeraye. Bailly remarks 

 that in Savoy it generally makes its appearance in April, up to the 8th of May, and in the 

 months of August and September this Tern appears from time to time on the marshes and sheets 

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In Spain, Mr. Howard Saunders says that it is " abundant on some parts of the Spanish 

 coast, especially on the Mar Menor, where it nests. This is probably its southern breeding-limit ; 

 for I did not find any of its eggs amongst a collection sent up from a locality near San Lucar, appa- 

 rently well suited to its habits, nor did I observe it off Huelva at the end of May." Major Irby 

 has also procured specimens in the Gulf of Gibraltar. It also occurs in Portugal, on the authority 

 of Professor Barboza du Bocage. Mr. E. Vernon Harcourt states that it breeds in Madeira ; and 

 in the Azores, writes Mr. Godman, it " comes about the middle of April, and is to be seen in 

 considerable numbers about the sea-coast and mountain-lakes, departing, I was told, about the 

 middle of September. It breeds on the small islands about the sea-coasts." It nests in the 

 Canaries, according to Dr. Bolle, but is rare on the western islands. Loche records it as very 

 common on the coasts of Algeria ; but Dr. Taczanowski states that by him it was seldom seen at 

 Fezzara and behind Constantine. Mr. C. A. Wright says that in Malta a few are found in spring, 



