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702 BIRDS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 
recognized as belonging to the same species as those at Brandt Vley. 
It answers in all respects to Swainson’s description (loc. cit.) of the 
short-footed Tern, and as such we consider it. 
A single specimen was obtained by Lieut. Giffard near Newcastle 
in Natal, at the end of November. 
Upper part of head and back of neck black; general colour 
cinereous, both above and below, but paler and rearly white on the 
chin ; upper and under tail-coverts, pure white; tail the same, but 
the outer web of the two external feathers is deep cinereous, almost 
sooty-black ; quills blackish-cinereons ; the shafts pure white, with 
the inner web half cinereous, half white; bill red; feet orange ; tail 
one inch longer than the quills. Length, 15’; wing, 11”; tail from 
the base, 8; depth of fork, 44”; tarsus, }”. 
fig. Dresser, B. Eur. viii, pl. 564. 
678. Srerna poucattt, Mont. Roseate Tern. 
The Roseate Tern is said by Mr. Howard Saunders to occur in 
Natal, and there are specimens from South Africa in the British 
Museum. The same gentleman states that it is also found at Rodri- 
guez. All the specimens marked by Mr. Andersson as belonging to 
this species from Damara Land were really 8. fluviatilis in winter 
dress. 
Mr. Saunders writes as follows:— Apart from its light and 
elegant shape and its proportionately long wings, this species may 
always be recognized by the white inner margins of the primaries 
extending quite round the tips of the feathers as far as the 
outer web; the rump and tail-coverts are washed with grey. The 
colouration of the bill varies considerably with age and season; 
in some specimens it is black almost to the base, whilst in others 
the red or orange extends far in front of the angle. 
Fig. Dresser, B. Hur. viii, pl. 566. 
679. STERNA CANTIACA, Gm. Sandwich Tern. 
Pretty common throughout the seaboard. In habits they resemble 
S. bergii, with which they associate. According to Mr. Andersson, 
it is “ common at Walwich Bay, and occurs in all parts of the coast 
between that locality and Table Bay.” Senor Anchieta has met 
with it at Benguela, where it is called “ Kamakundi.” 
Above, throughout, pale pearl-grey, rather darker on the wing- 
