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HYDROCHELIDON LEUCOPAREIA. THE 

 WHISKERED MARSH-TERN. 



^\^^SKERED TERN. 



Ilirondolle-de-mer moustac. Sterna leucopareia. Tomm. Man. d'Ornith. 



II. 746. 

 Whiskered Tern. Yarr. Brit. Birds, III. 404. 



Bill rather stout, and, v:ith the feet, red; tail emarginate, 

 about two inches shorter than the vjings. Upper part of head 

 black; a vjhite band from the bill under each eye; back, 

 wings, and tail deep leaden-grey ; lower parts grey, becoming 

 darker on the sides and abdomen. 



Male in Simmer. — " Upper part of tlie head and nape 

 deep black ; a pure wliite band from the base of the bill, 

 beneath the eyes, to the ear-coverts ; throat of a greyish-white, 

 shaded into pure grey on the breast, and into blackish-grey 

 on the belly and sides ; all the upper parts, the wings and 

 tail, of a uniform deep grey ; inner wing-coverts, and upper 

 and lower tail-coverts, pure white ; bill and feet bright red." 

 — Temminck. 



Female. — Similar to tlie male. 



L\ Winter. — " The forehead, crown of the head, occiput, 

 neck, and all tlie lower parts pure white ; a black spot 

 behind the eyes ; back, wings, quills, and tail of a uniform 

 ash-grey ; bill and feet deep lake-red ; iris black." — Tem- 

 minck. 



Habits. — M. Temminck states tliat this species was dis- 

 covered by M. Natterer, of Vienna, in one of the southern 



