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one day. This was on the 15th of May, at which time the 
eggs were within a few days of hatching. 
From the diminutive size and backward position of the 
feet, this bird is unable to walk in the ordinary mode, but 
resting its breast upon the ground, and partially spreading 
its wings, it contrives to shuffle from place to place in a 
peculiar and awkward manner. Audubon has described 
the tarsi and hind toe of this bird as being yellow; but in 
the many specimens which I have examined, these parts 
were of a dead white, tinted with light blue. 
The general length of this bird, including the tail feathers, 
is from twenty-eight, to thirty-three inches. Many speci- 
mens are found with one elongated feather only in the tail ; 
these, of course, are imperfect. The male bird is deeply 
tinged with a beautiful carmine, or roseate hue. 
RosEATE TERN (Sterna Dougalliz). The eggs and young 
of this bird have been obtained at Gurnet Head, or Black 
Rock, on the Ist of August, from which I infer that it rears 
two broods in the season. It is not met with during the 
winter months. 
ComMON TERN (S. hivundo). This species breeds on the 
Gurnet-Head Rock, forming a social community with the 
roseate tern. A friend who visited that rock in the middle 
of August, assured me that he found it teeming with terns 
and their young. 
These birds are invariably called “redshanks,” in the 
Bermudas, from the colour of their legs. The young, how- 
ever, have the bill and feet black, or dark brown, the red 
colour not appearing for some time. 
Sooty Tern (S. fuliginosa). A very beautiful full 
plumaged specimen of this tern was presented to me on 
