630 



STERNA CANTIACA. THE SANDWICH TERN. 



Sterna Cantiaca. Gmel. Syst. Nat. I. 606. 



Sterna Boysii. Lath. Ind. Orn. II. 806. 



Sandwich Tern. Mont. Orn. Diet. Supplt. 



Hirondelle-de-mer Caugek. Sterna cantiaca. Teuim. Man. d'Om. II. 736. 



Sandwich Tern. Sterna cantiaca. Selb. Illustr. II. 464. 



Sterna Cantiaca. Sandwich Tern. Jen. Brit. Vert. An. 265. 



Thalasseua Cantiacus. Bonap. Comp. List, 6L 



Bill rather longer than the head, black, with the points 

 yelloxoish ; feet black, with the soles yellow ; tarsus an inch 

 long ; tail much forked, shorter than the wings. In summer 

 the upper part of the head and nape deep black. In tcinter 

 these parts white, spotted icith black ; throat, cheeks, neck all 

 round, hind part of back, tail, and all the lower parts, ichite, 

 tinged with rose-colour, which is brighter in summer. Yoimg 

 with the tipper part of the head variegated xvith black, white, 

 and pale reddish ; fore part of back and scaptdai's reddish, 

 barred with blackish-broivn ; lower parts white ; bill livid, 

 with the extreme tips yellowish. 



