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the other species of Terns. Other localities enumerated by Thompson, where the species has 

 been obtained, are: — Couswater Point, in Belfast Bay; Portaferry (Strangfoid Lough); Rockabill, 

 on the Dublin coast ; Lambay Island, Drogheda, and Dublin Bay ; Wexford and Roundstone, on 

 the Galway coast. 



It is stated to have occurred in Scandinavia ; but Professor Nilsson remarks that he himself 

 has never met with it ; and he appears to doubt its ever having been obtained there ; but there 

 appears no doubt that it has been met with in Denmark, where, Mr. Benzon informs me, it " is 

 of rare occurrence, but is now and then seen on the west coast of Jutland. Dr. Heiberg certainly 

 met with the Roseate Tern in 1874, at Sperring So, near Thisted, where on an island there is a 

 large colony of Lams ridibundus, Sterna anglica, and Sterna cantiaca. In the year in question 

 the present species arrived about the middle of April. On the wing it was easily distinguishable 

 from Sterna anglica and Sterna cantiaca by its longer tail, different cry ; and it kept apart from 

 these and generally flew at a greater altitude." Naumann says that one was seen at the mouth 

 of the Schlei, in Schleswig, in 1820, and that he himself saw two pairs in the previous year on 

 Amrom, an island near the west coast of Schleswig. He adds that it very rarely appears on the 

 shores of the Baltic, but is occasionally seen on the German coasts of the North Sea. According 

 to Mr. Cordeaux, Mr. Gatke has on two occasions met with it on Heligoland. Baron von Droste 

 Hiilshoff says that it has once been obtained on the Island of Borkum. It is stated to be of 

 occasional occurrence in the autumn at the mouth of the Scheldt; and Messrs. Degland and 

 Gerbe say that it is an accidental and rare visitant to the coasts of Northern France. I do not 

 find it recorded from Spain ; but Mr. Howard Saunders, in his paper on the Terns (P. Z. S. 1876, 

 p. 652), states that he has examined one in adult plumage from the Balearic Isles, shot in May, 

 and now in the collection of Canon Tristram ; and Baron J. W. von Miiller records it as occurring 

 sparingly on the coast of Provence during spring. According to Salvadori it is extremely rare in 

 Italy, having, in fact, only once occurred in Liguria (on the 22nd June, 1822) ; and Dr. Kriiper 

 states that it is of extremely rare occurrence in Greece. Mr. Howard Saunders states (I. c.) that 

 he has not seen any specimens from the west coast of Africa, all those so marked from there 

 being the common Tern in winter plumage. But it certainly occurs in the Azores ; for Mr. F. 

 DuCane Godman writes (N. Hist. Azores, p. 38) as follows : — " Mr. S. Dabney, of Fayal, told me 

 that when he was in Flores, about the year 1855, he shot several Terns with pink breasts. 

 During my visit to that island I kept a sharp look-out for them, but did not see any, nor could 

 I find any one amongst the inhabitants who knew the bird, though S . fluviatilis was common 

 enough. On my return to Fayal I one day took a walk to Castello Branco, a large high rock 

 almost detached from the mainland. There were a great many Gulls and common Terns flying 

 about ; and whilst I was watching them as they flew along the side of the cliff, I noticed five or 

 six Roseate Terns amongst them. Some of these came within a few yards of me ; but I did not 

 shoot at them, as they would have fallen into the sea at the foot of the cliff, where I could not 

 have picked them up. I suspect this species arrives later than the common Tern, as I afterwards 

 saw several more near the west point of the same island." It is not recorded by Mr. Layard ; 

 but there is a specimen in the British Museum from the Cape of Good Hope. Mr. Saunders has 

 seen it from Natal ; and it is also said to be found off the Island of Rodriguez. 



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