298 
LARIDAi. 
1837, came under my inspection ; in its stomach were the remains 
of a sand-eel and other fishes. 
A comparison of the number of arctic- terns visiting the coasts 
of Ireland and those of Great Britain cannot satisfactorily be 
made, as much is yet to be learned of the distribution of the 
species, especially around the latter island. Even on the southern 
coast of England, on Pevensey Shingle, during May and June, 
the arctic is more numerous than the common tern.* This 
species, like the common and roseate, inhabits the coasts of North 
America. 
THE WHISKERED TERN. 
Sterna leucopareia , Natterer, Temm. 
,, hybrida , Pallas. 
Has in one instance been procured, 
And by the gentleman who shot the Sterna leucoptera , to be 
hereafter noticed.*!* They both attracted his attention as rare 
birds when he was boating in the Bay of Dublin, an amusement 
to which at one period he devoted much of his time : the 
Tringa rnfescens also was obtained by him there. 
The specimen of the whiskered tern — which is in adult plumage 
- — came under my notice in the fine collection of rare native 
birds belonging to T. W. Warren, Esq., of Dublin, in March 
1847 ; and in the course of that year I noticed it in the ‘ Annals 
of Nat. Hist./ vol. xx. p. 170. 
The following notes were drawn up from it : — 
Length (total) about 
„ of wing from carpus to end of quills, about 
„ of bill above from forehead to point 
„ of tarsus, about 
„ of outer toe and nail .... 
Feet considerably larger than in Sterna arctica. 
* Knox, ‘ Ornith. Rambles in Sussex,’ p. 245. f Mr. John Hill. 
in. lin. 
10 0 
10 0 
1 1 
0 10 
1 0 
