SOOTY TEEN.
STERNA FULIGINOSA, J. F. Gmelin.
Sterna fuliginosa, J. F. Gmelin, S. N. i. p. 605; Naum. xiii.
(Schluss) p. 267; Dresser, viii. p. 307; Yarr. ed. 4, iii.
p. 562.
The Sooty Tern has been noticed three times in
England, and a few instances are recorded of its
occurrence on the Continent.
Its home is the tropical seas of nearly the whole
circuit of the world. Vast numbers gather together
at the breeding-season on certain islands, such as
Ascension, where the assemblage is called a "Wideawake
Pair." [O. S.]
