MACDOUGALL'S TERN. 651 



Young. — According to Mr. Selby, the young of the year, 

 in autumn, has the " bill brownish-black, with the base 

 orange-yellow ; forehead and crown cream-yellow, tinged 

 with grey; region of the eyes, ear-coverts, and nape of the 

 neck, greyish-black, mixed with yellowish-white ; throat, 

 sides of the neck, and under parts white; ridge of wing 

 blackish-grey, with the edges of the feathers paler. Back 

 and wing-coverts bluish-grey, marbled Avith greyish-black 

 and yellowish-white. Tail having the outer webs of the 

 feathers grey ; the inner, and tips, white ; quills gi'ey, mar- 

 gined with white ; legs pale gall-stone yellow." 



