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CHINESE LITTLE TEEN. 

 (WHITE-SHAFTED TBRNLET.) 



STEENA SINENSIS (gM.). 



Description. — Length 9i inches. 

 " Bill in summer yellow, broadly 

 tipped with black ; in winter, dark 

 brown." Iris brrown. Legs orange red. 



Crown black spotted white in winter, 

 with a white forehead and a black 

 nape. Upper parts are blue-grey and 

 the under parts are white washed grey. 

 The shafts of the three outer primaries 

 are white. The tail is white. This 

 bird closely resembles the European 

 Little Tern (Sterna minuta), but it is 

 a little larger. 



Distribution. — The East Indies, 

 Australia and Eastern Asia. It passes 

 the Yangtse Valley on migration. 



FOEKED TAIL TEEN. 



STEENA HIEUNDO (l). 

 [Sterna fluviatilis (Neum)] 



Description. — Length 16 inches. 

 Bill, legs, and feet red ; the bill shades 

 to black at the tip. 



Crown black, forehead white, and 

 the nape mottled in winter. The rest 

 of the upper parts are pearly-grey or 

 greyish blue. The under parts are 

 white. 



In summer, the breast is washed 

 with grey and the forehead and nape 

 are black. 



Distribution. — Almost cosmopolitan. 

 This bird occurs in China both along 

 the coast and on inland waters. It 

 passes the Yangtse Valley on migra- 

 tion. 



