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found four pairs breeding on Knopen, near Tuno, on the 6th July 1876 ; and on the 14th June, 

 1859, Mr. Carstensen, of Thisted, sent one Sandwich Tern and three Gull-billed Terns alive to 

 the University Museum, all four of which were taken on the iEgholmene, in the Sjorring So. 

 On the 12th August, 1838, Mr. Serene d'Aqueria shot one in Losning-Mose, about two miles 

 (Danish) west of Horsens, and sent it to the Museum. According to Grell it breeds on the 

 Bosserne, at Samso ; and Fencker shot a pair in Asferg Mose, near Randers, on the 2nd July 

 1871, out of a flock of fourteen individuals." It is a somewhat rare straggler to the shores of 

 the North Sea. Professor Schlegel says that it is occasionally seen in Holland ; and Baron De 

 Selys Longchamps speaks of it as being an accidental visitant to the Scheldt, but adds that many 

 have been killed in Flanders and at Tournay. In France it is met with accidentally on passage 

 in the northern departments, but in the south it appears every spring about the mouths of the 

 Rhone and in the marshes of Hyeres. It is said to be found in Portugal, and occurs in Spain. 

 Colonel Irby says that he never noticed it about Gibraltar, but it occurs in the marshes of the 

 Guadalquivir towards San Lucar, and doubtless breeds there. Mr. A. von Homeyer records it 

 from the Balearic Islands, where, he says, it is rare, and he is unaware if it breeds there ; he 

 only observed it singly, on three occasions. In Italy, according to Salvadori, it is very rare, and 

 has been principally observed in the spring in Venetia, Liguria, Tuscany, and the Romagna. In 

 Sardinia it appears to be more abundant, and is not uncommon in the southern portions of Sicily, 

 especially about Catania, Syracuse, and Girgenti, but is rarer in the north, and only one instance 

 of its occurrence is recorded from Palermo. Mr. C. A. Wright includes it in his List of Birds 

 observed in Malta and Gozo, and says that three adult birds in breeding-dress were killed there 

 in May 1864. 



Dr. Kriiper says that it arrives in Greece and Asia Minor in April, and at once proceeds to 

 its breeding-places, which are on the lagoons of Missolonghi and Smyrna. In 1859 he obtained 

 in Acarnania twenty-six eggs on the 29th April, whereas the specimens in the Museum were 

 obtained in Attica when on passage, on the 15th April, 1861, and the 28th April, 1864. In 

 1874 he saw flocks of these Terns on the Phaleros. As its eggs are often destroyed, and it then 

 breeds again, fresh eggs are not unfrequently found late in May and in June. Lord Lilford 

 records it (Ibis, 1860, p. 356) as being not uncommon at Butrinto in January, February, and 

 March ; and he heard of it breeding at Livitazza. The Ritter von Tschusi-Schmidhofen informs 

 me that it has several times been observed near the Neusiedler lake, in Hungary ; and there are 

 specimens in the Vienna Museum in summer, autumn, and winter dress. There are two 

 specimens obtained in Galicia, one in the Cracow Museum, and one in the collection of Count 

 Dzieduszipki, in Lemberg. According to Leu it is not uncommon, and breeds, in Bavaria, near 

 Augsburg ; and Von Tschusi has obtained eggs from him. Messrs. Danford and Harvie-Brown 

 record it from Transylvania. It is also found in Turkey ; and Professor von Nordmann records 

 its occurrence on the margins of the inland lakes and rivers of Bessarabia. As above stated, 

 Dr. Kriiper met with it in Asia Minor ; and Canon Tristram observed it in the small lagoons 

 north of Beyrout. 



Captain Shelley says that he found it most plentiful in Lower Egypt and the Fayoom, and 

 frequently met with it as far up the Nile as Sioot ; and Von Heuglin states that it is a resident, 

 and breeds in the lagoons of Lower Egypt, and is by no means rare on the Nile, where it ranges 



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