GULL-BILLED TERN. 
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NATATORES. 
STERNIDjE. 
PLATE CCXCVII. 
GULL-BILLED TERN. 
STERNA ANGLICA. 
The Gull-billed Tern is a rare visitant in Great Britain, 
and the few specimens recorded have been obtained on the 
southern coast of England. This bird seems chiefly to 
inhabit America, Asia, and Africa; specimens have been ob¬ 
tained from the United States, and Brazil, where it seems of 
frequent occurrence, although it is nowhere numerous. From 
Egypt and Nubia some specimens have reached European 
museums. In Hungary the Gull-billed Tern occurs annu¬ 
ally, but equally few in numbers, and it has been found to 
breed in the well-known swamps of the Steppes of Hungary 
and the lakes of Neusidel and Flatten. The coasts of Illyria 
and Dalmatia are also visited by this bird. 
That this species is migratory is evident, and that its ap¬ 
pearance in our climate only occurs during the months of May 
and September is well known, but where it principally resorts 
for the purposes of breeding has not hitherto been ascertained. 
According to several statements received, this species pre- 
