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ROSEATE TERN. 



PLATE CCXIY. 



Sterna DoucjalU, . . Montagu. Bewick. Fleming. 

 " " ... Selbt. Jenyns. Gould. 



This species makes its nest among the herbage there 

 may be on low banks of sand, or shingle, or upon the 

 bare ground itself. 



The eggs are two or three in number; the ground 

 colour yellowish cream white, pale brown, or yellowish 

 olive green, spotted and speckled with grey and brown. 



