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A CORNISH FAUNA. 



Puffin, Aha f rater eula ; occasionally observed on the Land's-end 

 cliffs, but the precipitous rocks on some of the islands at 

 Scilly appear to be its favourite haunts. 



Raxor Bill, A. lor da ; a common species. 



Common Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carlo ; generally distributed 



throughout the western coast of Cornwall. 

 Common Shag, P. cristatus ; more numerous as a species than 



the last-named, and more frequently observed in creeks and 



arms of the sea. 



Gannet, Sula bassana; not unfrequently observed, and sometimes 



in small companies, in Mount' s-bay and on the north coast. 

 Sandwich Tern, S. cantiaca ; a few pairs observed in the summer 



months on some of the islands at Scilly. 

 Roseate Tern, S. Bougallii ; formerly abundant in summer at 



Scilly : breeds on Annet, a Scilly rock, and some other 



localities near. 



Common Tern, 8. Mrundo ; more or less common in the summer 

 in Mount' s-bay, approaching nearer the shore in windy 

 weather : less abundant at Scilly than the roseate or 

 arctic terns. 



Arctic Tern, S. Arctica ; a common species in summer both on 

 our coast and at Scilly, at which latter locality its eggs may 

 be obtained every year. 



Whiskered Tern, S. leucopareia ; an immature specimen obtained 

 in the month of September, 1851, at Scilly. 



Gull-billed Tern, S. Anglica ; a few examples only have been 

 captured in England. In the latter part of May or begin- 

 ning of June, 1852, an adult specimen was shot at Scilly. 



Lesser Tern, S. minuta ; several examples of this small tern have 

 been obtained close by the town of Penzance. 



Black Tern, S. nigra; generally observed in the autumnal 

 months, and nearly every year, in more or less numbers, on 

 the sea-side and island. 



Sabine's Gull, Lotus Salini ; rare: occasionally obtained in 

 winter in its immature plumage. This bird has been mis- 

 taken for the little gull, but in its young state it may be 

 known by the absence of black in the wing, by the greater 

 length and slenderness of the beak, and by the tail being 

 deeply forked. 



