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THE COMMON TERN. 



Sterna jiuviatilis Naum. 



The records of this species were, as usual, very few and were 

 almost entirely sent from its nesting-places. 



The earliest arrivals were noted in Kent on the 17th and 

 20th of April, but these apparently passed on. The main 

 immigration took place between the 26th and 29tb, when the 

 species was noted between Kent and Norfolk ; it was also 

 observed in Cheshire on the 29th, so that its arrival on the 

 east and west coasts must have been practically simultaneous. 

 From that date no large immigrations seem to have been 

 noticed, though there was possibly an increase in Kent on the 

 3rd and 4th of May. 



Common Terns were reported to be nesting in Kent on the 

 11th, and eggs were recorded from Lancashire on the 17th. 



Chronological Summary of the Records. 



April 



17. 



Kent. 





55 



20. 



Kent (increase). 





5? 



26. 



Essex. 





5? 



27. 



Kent (further increase). 

 Suffolk (several). 



Essex (increa 



1i 



28. 



Norfolk. 





55 



29. 



Essex and Suffolk (many). 



Cheshire (few J. 



55 



30. 



Lancashire. 





May 



1. 



Merioneth. 





35 



2. 



Norfolk. 





