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anglica are generally small and irregularly round. Occasionally they are large irregular-shaped 

 blotches, and occasionally fine streaks, and sometimes a mixture of streaks and small spots. 

 They are generally pretty equally scattered over the surface of the egg; but occasionally the 

 greater number are in a ring round the large end. A series of forty eggs from Asia Minor 

 show somewhat greater variety and brilliancy of colouring than the same number from Greece 

 though the latter were selected from a greater number. The note of Sterna anglica reminds me 

 always of the laugh of a Gull. It may be represented by the syllables ef, ef, ef, or af, af, af." 



I possess a large series of the eggs of this Tern from Greece, Asia Minor, and from Galveston 

 Island, in Texas, which do not vary much in size or coloration ; and I cannot add any thing to 

 Mr. Seebohm's excellent description above given. 



The specimens figured are the adult specimens, in summer and winter dress, above 

 described. 



In the preparation of the above article I have examined the following specimens : — 



E Mus. H. E. Dresser. 



a, d ad. (summer plumage). Turkey. b, ? . Albania, 1872 {Hanbury Barclay). c, ad. North-American 

 coast (J. Krider). 



E Mus. Howard Saunders. 



a, b,2 . Coria del Rio, Andalucia, April 24th (H. S.). c,juv. Tamak, Crimea, August 1860 {Th. Schmidt), 

 d, ad. Cashmere lake, breeding {Colonel Delme Radcliffe). e. Amoy, winter {R. Swinhoe). f, ?. S.E. 

 Ceylon, March 18th, 1872. g, 6. S.E. Ceylon, August 11th, 1873 {Vincent Legge). h, <5 . Aripo, N.W. 

 Ceylon, August 12th, 1866 {E. Holdsworth). i,j. South Brazil {Rogers). 



