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its nesting-places, and a more concise statement of its 
distribution is, therefore, undesirable. 
The Sandwich Terns which breed in Great Britain arrive 
about April, departing again in early autumn. The winter- 
quarters of this species extend to Cape Colony and Natal. 
[THE ROSEATE TERN. Sterna dougalli, Montagu. 
The rumours of the occurrence of the Roseate Tern off our 
shore are only rendered admissible on account of its reported 
presence by good observers in a neighbouring county.* 
In certain Hghts the more common terns often appear rosy- 
coloured, and local reports of this species require further 
verification before it can be admitted to this hst without 
square brackets. 
To Great Britain the species comes late in April or early 
in May, departing directly the young can fly. From many 
of its former breeding-places it has been banished, and it 
might be prejudicial to enumerate the present summer- 
quarters of the Roseate Tern in Great Britain. 
It nests in small colonies on the west coast of France and 
north-west Africa, its chief breeding-places being along the 
Atlantic seaboard of America from New England to Venezuela. 
It also nests in north Austraha, Ceylon, Andaman Isles 
and south China. In winter its distribution is very im- 
perfectly known.] 
THE COMMON TERN. Sterna fluviatilis, Naumann. 
Local names — Sea-Swallow ; Pirr. 
A summer-visitant off our coast. 
The Common Tern may not infrequently be seen fishing off 
our coast, and, as it is not known to nest in the county, 
* Trans. D. and G. Nat. Hist. Soc, April 20th, 1905. 
