Gull-billed Terns in Sussex.--On 29th May 1955, I saw two Gullbilled Terns (Gelochelidon nilotica) flying- slowly eastward together just off shore at Langney Point, Sussex. I w a s able to note the short, thick and completely black bills, the stocky shape and the heavy flight together with the general superficial resemblance to the Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis). These birds gave the characte...
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