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Title: A history of British birds. By the Rev. F.O. Morris ..
Year: 1862 (1860s)
Authors: Morris, F. O. (Francis Orpen), 1810-1893
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: London, Groombridge and Sons
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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near Sheffield; on the coast they are plentiful; so also inDurham. The Arctic Tern is not uncommon on the Norfolkcoast; it has been occasionnUy killed near Oxford, and inother parts of that county. Tn Worcestershire, one, a youngbird, was shot on the banks of the Severn, near Worcester,in October, 1846; great numbers had spread up the river inthe second week in June, 1842. Also in Glamorganshire, atSwansea; in Monmouthshire; and in Somersetshire, at Bridge-water, Bristol, Clevedon, Weston, and other places; flocks ofthem appeared in the towns, hundreds were knocked down,and some even perched on persons in the streets. The likeoccurred in Worcestershire—near Worcester, Evesham, and atCofton Hall, one of the seats of the Throckmorton family, aplace associated with most pleasing recollections of my school-days: then, however, buried in deep retirement, now a railroadpasses in front of it! Considerable flights were also seen inGloucestershire, at Tewkesbury; in Herefordshire, near Here-
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ARCTIC TEEN. 35 ford; and in Wiltshire, at Devizes and Trowbridge; doubtlessmost of the intermediate and adjacent parts were likewisevisited. In Surrey, one at Chertsey, October Gth., 1864. These Terns breed in great numbers on Coquet Island andthe Fern Islands, off the coast of Northumberland. Somealso in Lincolnshire, on the coast near Skegness; and on theIsle of Anglesea, near Holyhead; a few on the Scilly Islands,in Cornwall. In Scotland, great numbers along the coast ofSutherlandshire, and on the Isle of May, in the Frith ofForth. A nest containing four eggs was found at Otmoor,in Oxfordshire, in the summer of 1834. In Orkney, Shetland, and the Hebrides, they are more orless plentiful. In Ireland, it is a common species. The sea-shore and low grounds in its neighbourhood arethe situations frequented by these birds. They are sociable among themselves, and also mingle withother kinds when buildins: their nests too:ether. I suppose that the name of Tern is derived from the habitthe

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