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THE BIRDS OF HAMPSHIRE. 
Two were shot out of a flock of seven at King's 
Somborne in January, 1892,1 and others appeared at 
Newton Stacey about the same time. 
Mr. Willett has obtained it from St. Catherine's 
Lighthouse on March 29th, 1892. 
Two were shot at Alresford on January 12th, 1893,2 
and it has also been observed at Whitchurch. 
Order— GAVI^. 
Fam I LY — Laridce. 
Sub-Family — StermncE. 
Genus— 
251. Sterna macrura, Arctic Tern. 
A spring and autumn visitor to all our coasts. 
Mr. Hart has obtained it at Christchurch, and has 
young birds in down, which he believes belong to this 
species, taken there. 
Mr. Pearce has met with it on our south-east coast. 
In the Isle of Wight, More says that it is usually seen 
in the autumn, and one was picked up dead at Bembridge 
in October, 1857. 
Mr. Willett has a specimen obtained at St. Catherine's 
Lighthouse on September 24th, 1892. 
* "Zoologist." January, 1893. "Zoologist." August, 1894. 
