Ord : XV 

 Palmi- 

 pedes. 



128 

 Gen. LXXV. STERNA. Lin. 



245 sp. * Sterna stolida. Lin- The noddy Tern. 



Megaloptenis stoUdiis. Boie. 



Nest, on trees or on rocks, in the southern States of North America. 

 Eggs. 2-3, reddish white, with red and purple brown spots. 



245 « 



245^ 



245 c 



246 sp. * Sterna leucopareia. jsiatt. The whiskered Tern. 

 HydrocUelidoii „ „ Bonap. 



Nest, on marshy ground, and in swamps, in southern climes. 



Eggs, 2-3, ? pale green, with spots and blotches, ash-grey and dark brown. 



246 « 



246 5 



246 



