land of Epirus. We met with it in great abundance
near Paphos in May, and I have no doubt that it
breeds in many of the freshwater or brackish marshes
of Cyprus. The only difference of habit that I could
perceive between this species and the Black Tern was
that its flight is somewhat less wavering and indirect
than that of the latter species; but I must admit that I
have never visited a breeding locality of this, as Í have
many of the former bird.
The White-winged Black Tern is known as a VC.L"T
migrant throughout the Mediterranean, and breeds
[fide Yarrcll) in some parts of Southern Germany,
Hungary, Poland, and throughout Southern Russia.
In Spain, though common on the eastern coast in May,
I never met with it in Andalucia, and have only on one
occasion received a few specimens from that province.
The diet of this species consists almost exclusively of
insects taken on the wing or from the surface of lakes
and ponds.
