Article Nº 1622 Bird Vol. II · p. 149
Common tern (Sterna hirundo)
Original title: Garajau (Sterna Hirundo)
Entry on the common tern (garajau), a seabird common around Madeira that breeds on sea cliffs and leaves in autumn.
A bird of the tern family, common in the seas around Madeira. It breeds on rocks overlooking the sea, laying on the bare ground the three eggs, of variable colour and shape, that make up its clutch.
The common tern (garajau) leaves these islands in October and November and returns in the first months of spring. See Cabos (‘capes’).