September 1875 Habit of the Tern Sept. 21. The tern with lowered head, this bird bears the euphonious name of Craddock here probably so called from its hoarse rattling note, keeping on in the boat I having B. to follow by land or sail about a mile or so further up the bar when we were rejoined by B. who much to our alarm came flaggering up in a very faint weak condition. After attending to his wants as well as circumstances would permit we followed his track, back I recovered his gun which he had dropped in the sand a mile or more behind. He probably had a partial attack of sun stroke. Here I shot a Stringa canaster in fall plumage, seeing a number of Terns sitting on a Sand bar I took the boat and pulled out to them; As I approached the presented a very pretty sight 40 or 50 of them sitting close together many lying down and a few floating on the water washing themselves. The portion of them landing up was nearly as follows I approached very closely within gunshot and in a few minutes shot down five or six all 8. birds, but most of them v. v. Afterwards pulled up to another large flock and shot 50 or 60 more. Here I heard the