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THE BIRDS OF HAMPSHIRE. 
Captain Savile Reid informed Kelsall that he saw three 
at Wolmer Pond in April, 1883. 
The Rev. A. P. Morres saw some of these birds passing 
down the Avon on April 30th, 1892, "on migration to 
Christchurch, where H , the naturalist, had been 
looking out for them all that week." ^ 
Mr. Stares also saw three on April 27th, 1897, on a 
piece of water near Portchester : — " They only remained 
there one day. They were very elegant birds, flying about 
over the reed-beds and open water, hawking after insects. 
Sometimes they would come and settle on some old posts 
that were standing in the water." 2 
259. Hydrochelidon nigra. Black Tern. 
A spring and autumn visitor, chiefly to the coast. 
Our oldest specimen is an immature bird in the Charter- 
house Museum, which was obtained at Liphook, in 1840. 
An example from Hartley was presented to the Alton 
Museum in 1857. 
Mr. Hart's specimens from the neighbourhood of Christ- 
church are dated May 15th, 1866 ; August 29th, 1873 ; May 
1 2th, 1881 ; September, 1883 ; and August, 1884. 
Mr. Pearce informed Kelsall of an immature bird 
obtained in Portsmouth Harbour in September, 1889. 
In the Isle of Wight, Bury mentions one procured in 
the summer of 1843, and More an adult and two young, 
which appeared in Brading Harbour in September, 1858. 
Two adult specimens in breeding plumage were shot at 
* "Wild Life in Hampshire Highlands," by G. A. B. Dewar, p. 21. 
""Zoologist." March, 1898. 
