Class II. BLACK TERN. 



ther, and of fuch an exquifite rich glofs, and fo 

 fine a white, that no fatin can be compared to it : 

 the back and wings of a pale grey : the tail fhort, 

 lefs forked than that of the former, and white : the 

 legs yellow : the i rides dufky. 



Thefe two fpecies are very delicate, and feem un- 

 able to bear the inclemency of the weather on our 

 fhores * during winter : for we obferve they quit 

 their breeding places at the approach of it -, and 

 do not return till fpring. 



The manners, haunts, and food of this are the 

 fame with thofe of the former ; but thefe are far left 

 numerous. 



547 



Larus niger (-Meyvogelin) Gef- L'Epouvantaii. BnJJbh #*,. 256. Black, 



iter a<u. 588.^. 5! 

 Aldr. a<v. II F. 35. 

 The Scare Crow. Wd. cm. 



553- 

 Our black cloven-footed Gull. 



Idem. 354. 

 Rati fyn. av. 1 3 1. Idem. 132. 



No. 6. 



VI. 211. tab. 20. Jig. 1. 

 Sterna fiiUpes. Lin.fyjl. 228. 

 Sialandis Glitter. Brunnich, 



153- 



Kleinote Moewe. Frifch t II, 



220. 

 Br. Zool. 145. 



npHIS is of a middle fize, between the firft and Bescrif, 



■* fecond fpecies. The ufual length is ten 



inches; the breadth twenty-four; the weight two 



ounces and a half. The head. neck, bread, and 



Vol. II. 



* tiorth Wales, 



Go 



belly, 



