SOOTY TERN 
75. Sterna fuscata. 17 in. 
Adult in summer.—Above sooty-black, except the 
white outer tail feathers. Crown, line through the eye, 
_ bill and feet, black; forehead and underparts white; eye 
red. Young birds are smoky slate color all over, with 
the tail feathers, and some on the back and breast, tipped 
with whitish. This is the “egg bird” of tropical coun- 
tries, thousands of their eggs being taken for food. 
_ Note.—A nasal ‘“ ker-wacky-wak” (Chapman). 
Nest.—A single egg deposited in-a hollow in the sand; 
it is creamy-white, spotted with blackish-brown. 
Range.—Tropical countries; breeds north to the Flor- 
ida Keys and islands in the Gulf of Mexico; sometimes 
wanders north to New England. 
BRIDLED TERN 
76. Sterna anetheta. 15 in. 
Similar to the last, but the back and wings much 
lighter, and the white of the forehead extends over the 
% eyes; nape whitish. 
54 Range.—Breeds north to the Bahamas. 
