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the background. Its White breast and long outer tail- feathers also aid in distinguishing it.

74. Sterna. antillm’um (£288.). Lnss'r TERN. Ad. in summer.— Forchead white, lows and crown black; back, tail, and wings pearl—gray; outcr web of outer primaries and shaft part of the inner web slaty black; under parts white; bill yellow, generally tipped with black; feet orange. Ail. in winter.———Top of head white, more or less spotted with black; back of head black; bill blackish. Im.—Uppcr parts and tail at the end mottled with blackish and bufl'y, primaries as in the adult, under parts white, bill blackish. L., 9'00; W., 6'90; T., 3'50; R, 1‘10.

Kenya—Northern South America northward to California, Dakota, and Massachusetts, rarely to Labrador; breeds locally throughout its range, and winters south of the United States.

Washington, casual T. V. Long Island, rare in summer.

Eggs, three to four, buti'y white, speckled or spotted with chocolate, 1'25 x '90.

This, the smallest of our Tcrns, resembles its congeners in habits, though it is said to add insects to its usual fare of fish. Its voice is described as “a sharp squeak, much like the cry of a very young pig following its mother.” '

75. Stem fulig‘inosa. Gmel. Soorr TEEN. Ad.—Forehead and a line reaching to the eye white, lores and rest of the head black; nape, back, and wings brownish black, nearly as dark as the head; outer tail—feathers white, brownish on the end half of the inner web; rest of tail-feathers of the same color as the back; under parts white; bill and feet black. Im., first plumage—800W slate-color; linings of the wings and under tail-coverts whitish ; wing-coverts, scapulars, upper tail-coverts, and tail-feathers more or less tipped with White. L., 1700: W., 1160; T., 7'25; B., 175.

Range—Tropical and subtropical regions; in N onh America breeds rarely as far north as North Carolina; occasionally wanders northward to Maine; winters south of the United States.

Long Island, A. V. in summer.

Eggs, one to three, whitish or huff, speckled or spotted with chocolate, 2'00 x 1'45.

A regular summer visitnnt to our southern coasts and occasionally Wandering northward. It breeds in colonies in little-frequented islands in the West Indies, and may be seen fishing in flocks, which hover low over the Water.

The BRIDLED TERN (76. Starna an-a’thetus), a tropical species, has been taken once in Florida, but may prove to be a regular summer visitant to some of the Florida keys.

7?. Hydrochelldon nigra. mudnamensis (amen. BLACK Tenn. Ad. in summer.—-—Whole head and under parts, except under tail—eoverts, black; back, Wings, and tail slate—color; bill and feet black. Ad. in winter.