Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri

The Forster's Tern, an Almanac

• Catalogued by Wormsley as Sterna forsteri, the Forster's Tern was judged a martyr to its own humours.
• By rigorous experiment it was shown that the specimen, when galvanized, exhibited no small quantity of feathers, to the astonishment of the assembly.
• They say a nest of it under the eaves keeps the house from a hard bargain.
• Best leave the last of the corn where the Forster's Tern can watch it.
• Those up the holler will tell you that the frost keeps a week's distance from any cider press it favors.

Folklore, invented on the spot — not to be believed.