LIST OF NORFOLK BIRDS, 
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201. Caspian Tern {Sterna caspia). 
Has occurred iiiuo times at or iii the vicinity of Yarmouth. 
The following are the correct dates as lar as can now be 
ascertained : — October, 1825, immature ; no date, adult ; 1839, 
adult; no date, immature; June, 1849, adult female ; Juno, 1850, 
adult male; July, 1850, adult; August, 1851, adult male; May, 
1802, adult male. — G. 
202. Sandwich Tern {Sterna cantiaca). 
A spring and autumn migrant, decidedly rare, which is remark- 
able as there is a largo colony at the Fern Islands on the coast 
of l^orthumhorland. It is very likely that in former days it bred 
on our coast, us it did in Latham’s time on the coast of 
Suffolk.— G. 
203. Eoseate Tern {Sterna doiigalli). 
As there is evidence that this species was formerly commoner in 
the British Isles than it is now, it is probable the Messrs. Paget 
were right in including it in their “ Birds of Yarmouth.” A 
Koseato Tern was seen “ very close ” by ]\Ir. E. T, Booth, on 
Broydon Broad, May 2Gth, 1871 (‘ Rough Xotes,’ i)t. xi.), and 
another was shot by Mr. G. E. Hunt, at Hunstanton, in July, 
1880. These are the only recent occurrences recorded. — G. 
204. Common Tern {Sterna Jluviati/is). 
Many years ago this species nested in large numbers, 
according to a note in the late Mr, Lubbock’s copy of “ Bewick,” 
on the islands in Hickling Broad ; at present it is much more 
restricted in its breeding haunts, and far less numerous than 
formerly. — S. 
205. Arctic Tern {Sterna ntacrura). 
A summer visitant ; much rarer with us than the common Tern. 
It is supposed to have bred at Blakeney (Trans. Norfolk and 
Norwich Nat. Soc. vol. iii. p. 408), but proof is wanting. 
20G. Lesser Tern {Sterna minutd). 
A summer migrant; breeding with us in mluced numbers. 
Mr. Lubbock states that this species as well as the common Tern 
formerly bred on an island in Hickling Broad. — S. 
