476 
LARID.E. 
NA TA TORES. 
LARIDJF.. 
GULL-BILLED TERN. 
Sterna Anglica. 
PLATE CXXXI. FIG. I. 
The egg figured in the plate is in the collection of 
Mr. John Hancock, of Newcastle. It was obtained from 
the marshes of Sylt, on the coast of Denmark, where 
this species is not very uncommon. It breeds on marshy 
ground, at no great distance from the sea-shore, and lays 
two or three eggs, either upon the turf, or amongst the 
fine sand and small gravel of the sea-beach. 
