land of Epirus. We met with it in great abundance 

 near Paphos in May, and I have no doubt that it 

 breeds in many of the freshwater or brackish marshes 

 of Cyprus. The only difference of habit that I could 

 perceive between this species and the Black Tern was 

 that its flight is somewhat less wavering and indirect 

 than that of the latter species ; but I must admit that I 

 have never visited a breeding locality of this, as I have 

 many of the former bird. 



The White-winged Black Tern is known as a vernal 

 migrant throughout the Mediterranean, and breeds 

 (flde Yarrell) in some parts of Southern Germany, 

 Hungary, Poland, and throughout Southern Russia. 

 In Spain, though common on the eastern coast in May, 

 I never met with it in Andalucia, and have only on one 

 occasion received a few specimens from that province. 

 The diet of this species consists almost exclusively of 

 insects taken on the wing or from the surface of lakes 

 and ponds. 



