Terns and Skimmer 



75. Sooty Tern {Sterna fuliginosa). L. 17. Ads., 

 summer. Above blackish, forehead and underparts 

 white; tail black, except outer feathers which are: 

 mostly white. Yng. Sooty slate; linings of wings. 

 white; scapulars, upper tail coverts, and tail feathers, 

 tipped with white. Notes. A squeaky quack, a nasal'. 

 ker-wacky-wak, and other calls. 



Range. — "Tropical and subtropical coasts of the globe. In Amer- 

 ica from Chili to western Mexico and the Carolinas. and casually 10 

 New England." (A. O. U.) 



77. Black Tern (Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis). 



L. 10. Ads., summer. Head and underparts black; 

 back, wings, and tail slate. Ads., winter. Forehead, 

 nape, and underparts white; head gray. Yng. Simi- 

 lar to last, but above with brownish margin.,. Notes. 

 A sharp peek. 



Range. — Temperate and tropical America; breeds in interior from 

 California, Kansas, and Illinois to Alaska; irregular migrant on Allan- 

 tic coast from New Brunswick southward; winters south of United 

 States to Chili. 



79. Noddy {Anous stolidus). L. 15. Ads. Crown 

 silvery whi f e; rest of plumage sooty brown. Yng. Sim- 

 ilar, but all o'ooty brown except white line from bill to 

 eye. NoUx A low reedy cack increasing to a hoarc?, 

 guttural k'r-r-r-r-r-r-r. 



Range — Tror'"' and subtropical regions; In America from Brazil 

 and Chili north to the Gulf and South Atlantic States." (A. O. I'.) 



80. Black Skimmer [Rynchops nigra). L. 18. Ads. 

 Lower mandible longer than upper; forehead, under- 

 parts, pa r t of secondaries, and tail white; rest of plum- 

 age black. Yng. Plumage widely margined with 

 buffy. Notes. Varied, nasal, penny-trumpet-like; 

 also ca-you, ca-you, like a hound's voice. 



Range. — North America, chiefly eastern; breeds from southern 

 New Jersey southward; wanders rarely to Nova Scotia; winters from. 

 Gulf States to northern South America. 



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