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will be the means of reinstating both it and the Roseate Tern in localities which have for 

 years been wholly abandoned." I may add that Mr. J. A. Harvie-Brown mentions that he was 

 informed by Mr. J. Crawford that the present species is frequently seen on the island of the 

 Kyle of Tongue, and he considers that it breeds there, though he has not obtained the eggs. 

 According to Thompson it is of occasional occurrence on the coast of Ireland ; and, as below 

 stated, Mr. Warren has found it breeding there. It has not been met with in Greenland 

 or Iceland, and is not included by Mr. Collett in his work on the ornithology of Norway, 

 though he states that it is said by Wallengren to have been seen at Namsos. Nilsson says 

 that the specimen he described, which was obtained near Hog on the 21st July 1836, by the 

 Rev. A. Cronsjo, was the first authentic Swedish-killed specimen, but that it is said to have also 

 occurred on Gottland and near Gottenburg. It does not occur on the coast of Finland, and 

 is exceedingly rare in all parts of the Baltic ; but it is common on the German coasts of the 

 North Sea and in most parts of Denmark. Kjserbolling says that it is found near the sea, and 

 breeds on Ringkjobing fiord and on Nordreronnerne and Lseso, Hirtsholmen, and Mors in the 

 Liimfiord, but is especially numerous in Jordsand and Norderoog, near Pelvvorm. According to 

 Baron von Droste HiilshofT it is very common in Holstein, Schleswig, Oldenburg, East Friesland, 

 and the Netherlands ; and Professor Schlegel says that it breeds in large numbers on Texel, 

 Eijerland, Rottum, and the dunes in Zeeland. It arrives in Holland in May, and leaves again in 

 September. On the coast of Belgium, especially off Ostend, it is said to be numerous, and is 

 found in equal numbers on the French coast in August and again, though less numerously, in 

 May, during passage. It is stated by Professor Barboza du Bocage to occur on the coast of 

 Portugal, and breeds in Spain. Mr. Howard Saunders states (Ibis, 1871, p. 398) that it is " toler- 

 ably abundant along the coast, breeding at the mouth of the Ebro and also on the shores of the 

 Mar Menor, near Cartagena;" and Colonel Irby writes (Orn. Str. Gibr. p. 209) that it "is very 

 common in the Straits of Gibraltar in autumn, winter, and spring. Sometimes thirty or forty 

 may be noticed sitting together on the small isolated rocks near Cabrita Point, and will allow a 

 boat to approach within a few yards. They pass north about the first week in April." According 

 to Bailly it has been twice obtained in Savoy (once on the 29th March, 1849, and a second time 

 on the 9th April, 1852), in both instances on the lac du Bourget; and Salvadori states that it is 

 somewhat rare in Continental Italy, and is met with but rarely, on passage, in Vienna, Tuscany, 

 and Eome. In Sardinia and Sicily it is common, and resident; and, according to Mr. C. A. 

 Wright, a few are sometimes seen in Malta in autumn and winter. It is stated by Lord Lilford 

 to be rare in the Ionian Islands, and occasionally occurs in autumn at Butrinto. According to 

 Dr. Kriiper it is found in Greece on passage and during the winter ; and Messrs. Elwes and 

 Buckley state (Ibis, 1 870, p. 337) that it is " common on the coast of the Black Sea in summer, 

 and breeds near Kustendji." It doubtless occurs along the coast of Asia Minor, though I lack 

 information respecting its range there ; and in North Africa it is found, though not commonly. 

 Captain Shelley says (B. of Egypt, p. 297) that it is more confined to Lower Egypt than the 

 Gull-billed Tern, and is by no means so common as that species ; and Von Heuglin remarks that 

 he only met with it near Damietta and Alexandria throughout the winter to May, and those he 

 saw were generally old birds. It is found on the coast of Tripoli ; Favier says that it is found 

 abundantly near Tangier from November to February ; and it is met with down the west coast of 



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