108 



LONG-WIXGEI) SWIMMERS. 



with dusky on nape and ear-coverts. Young, 



Fig. 76. 



Gull-billed Tern. 



similar, but buffy above. Bill and feet, al- 

 ways black, fig. 77. Nearly cosmopolitan; in 



Fig. 77. 



Gull-billed Tern. 1-7. 



N. A. breeds from southern N. J. southward 

 to the Gulf Coast, rarely wandering in late 

 summer and early fall to Mass. Flight, heavy 

 and slow; Cries, harsh and rasping. 



75. CASPIAN TERN. 



Largest of our Terns, 21; form, robust; 

 bill. long, thick, heavy, dull red; tail, slight- 



