OCEAN BIRDS. J 55 



No. 156. ROSEATE TERN. 



Species: T. dougaJli, 



Distribution: 



A summer resident along the coast. 



Date of Arrival- 

 May. 



Date of Departure: 



Latter part of September. 



General Plumage: 



In summer, similar to preceding, under parts pink tinted 

 tail all white. In winter similar to preceding, forehead black 

 marked. Immature, upper parts bluish grav, head region 

 and upper back marked with buff, gray and blackish : under 

 parts white marked with buff. Bill black, reddish toward 

 base, feet red in summer. ^^ Bill brownish dusky, feet 

 dusky " in immature. 



Song and Other Notes: 



"A single harsh note," " cack." 



Haunts: 



Similar to preceding species. 



