the Common Tern, and their more slender forms and 

 the great length of the tail-feathers satisfied me that I 

 saw the Roseate Tern for the first and, (as it has proved 

 to be) the only time. The peculiarities just mentioned 

 proved fatal to what I believe to be the only recorded 

 Norfolk specimen of this Tern : this specimen was given 

 to me by the friend who shot it, and I had the pleasure 

 of presenting it to the Norfolk and Norwich Museum. 

 From what I have just said, it is obvious that I am not 

 competent to tell anything of the general habits of this 

 species from personal observation, for, as a matter of 

 fact, I only saw one on the first day of my explorations 

 in Scilly, and two, possibly three, on a subsequent 

 occasion. For particulars concerning the nesting and 

 distribution of this Tern, I must therefore refer my 

 readers to our standard authorities, merely adding, from 

 one of these authorities, that it is much more abundant 

 in America than in Europe. 



