TERNS. 



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89. BLACK SKIMMER. 



Large, 18; white beneath, on tail and 



forehead, black elsewhere above ; bill, black 



with base and feet vermillion. Young 



whitish on head and tail tipped wdtli brown- 



Fis. 95 



Eed Phalaroyje. 



ish. Rests in large flocks on isolated sandbars 

 by day and w^hen started moves with an 

 excentric flight with long sweeping wing- 

 beats; at nightfall separates into small com- 



Fig. 96 



Red Phalarope 



panics, and forming lines, sweeps up estuaries 

 and rivers against tides or current, keeping 

 close to water with the elongated lower 



