. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. LARID^. 649. THE ARCTIC TERN. Sterna macri5ra, Naumann. This northern representative of the preceding species appears to be the only Tern that nests in the Shetlands, while southward it decidedly predominates over the Common Tern in the Orkneys, the Outer Hebrides, and along the west coast of Scotland to the Isle of Skye. On the east side of Great Britain it breeds in several localities down to the Fame Islands, south of which it is only known on passage. In the west of England it nests on Walney Island, where, however, the Common Tern outnumber
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. LARID^. 649. THE ARCTIC TERN. Sterna macri5ra, Naumann. This northern representative of the preceding species appears to be the only Tern that nests in the Shetlands, while southward it decidedly predominates over the Common Tern in the Orkneys, the Outer Hebrides, and along the west coast of Scotland to the Isle of Skye. On the east side of Great Britain it breeds in several localities down to the Fame Islands, south of which it is only known on passage. In the west of England it nests on Walney Island, where, however, the Common Tern outnumbers it; and the same must now be said of the Scilly Islands, on which, according to Rodd, the Arctic Tern was formerly in the ascendant. In Ireland it breeds on islands off the coast, from Wexford to Antrim, and more plentifully in cos. Donegal, Mayo, Galway, Kerry and Cork. On migration it is found on all our shores, but rarely inland. Beyond the British Islands the Arctic Tern occurs in abundance —during the short summer of the northern regions—as far as human foot has trod ; for Col. Feilden, when with 'Alert,' obtained it above lat. 82° N., and Parry's Expedition observed it beyond Spitsbergen, while it has been recorded from Franz Josef Land. In Asia, as well as in America, it is completely circumpolar in its Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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