Class II. GREAT TERN. 



S45 



BILL ftrait, (lender, pointed. 

 NOSTRILS linear. 

 TONGUE (lender and Jharp. 

 WINGS very long. 

 TAIL forked. 

 TOES, a fmall back toe. 



XLIV. 

 TERN*. 



Sterna (Stim, Spyrer, Schnir- 



ring) Ge/ner a-v. 586. 

 Aldr. a<v. III. 35. 

 The Sea Swallow. Wil. cm. 



Rail Jyn. anj. 131. 



Sterna major, la grande Hi- 



rondelle de mer. Brijfon au. 



VI. 203. tab. 19. fig. i. 

 Sterna hirundo. Lin.fyfi. 227. 

 Tarna. Faun, Suec. Jp. 159. 



TheKirmew. Marten's Spiiz- 254. Great. 



berg. 92. 

 IJlandis Kria. Ncrvegis Tenne, 



Tende, Tendelobe, Sand- 



Tolle, Sand-Tserrne. Danis 



Tserne. Bornholmis Kirre, 



Krop-Kirre. Brunnick, 151. 

 Grauer fifcher. Kram. 345. 

 Schwartzplattige Schwalben 



Moewe. Frifch, II. 219. 

 Br. Zool. 144. 

 Makauka. Scopoli, No. 3. 



THIS kind weighs four ounces, one-quarter : Descrip, 

 the length is fourteen inches *, the breadth 

 thirty : the bill and feet are of a fine crimfon ; 

 the former tipt with black, ftrait, (lender, and fharp 

 pointed : ' the crown, and hind part of the head, 

 black : the throat, and whole under fide of the 



* A name thefe birds are known by in the North of Eng* 

 land ; and which we fubflkute inilead of the old compound 

 one of Sea Swallow ; which was givea them QA account of 

 .their forked tails. 



body* 



