larid^e — the uulls and terns — anous. 



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Anous stolidus. 

 THE NODDY TERN. 



Sterna stolida, Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 187 ; ed. 12, I. 1766, 227. — Nutt. Man. II. 1834, 285. 



— Aud. Orn. Biog. III. 1835, 516; V. 1839, 642, pi. 275; Synop. 1839, 322; B. Am. VII. 



1844, 153, pi. 440. 

 Anous stolidus, Gray, List Gen. B. III. 1841, 100. — Lawk, in Baird's B. N. Am. 1858, 865.— 



Baied, Cat. X. Am. B. 1859, no. 696. — Coues, Key, 1872, 323; Check List, 1873, no. 576 ; 2d 



ed. 1882, no. 808 ; Birds N. W. 1874, 710. —Saunders, P. Z. S. 1876, 669. — Ridgvv. Norn. 



N. Am. B. 1881, no. 695. 

 Sterna fuscata, Linn. S. N. I. 1766, 228. 



Sterna pileala, Scopoli, Del. Faun, et Flor. Ins. I. 1786, 92, no. 73 (ex Sonn. Voy. 125, pi. 85). 

 Anous niger, STEPHENS, Gen. Zool. XIII. 1826, 140, pi. 17. 

 Anous spadicea, Stephens, in Shaw's Gen. ZooL XIII. 1826, 143 (young). 

 Sterna wnicolor, Nordm. in Erin. Verz. v. Thiei'. & PH. 1835, 17. 

 Annus Housscauii, Haktl. Beitr. l>m. Madame. 1m;ii, St;. 

 Arums/rater, Codes, l'r. Phil. Acad. 1862, 558 (Pacific Ocean). 

 Anous stolidus, var. frater, Coues, B. N. W. 1874, 712 (in text). 





Hab. Intertropical regions in general. In America, north to the Gulf and South Atlantic 

 States, south to Brazil and Chili ; both coasts of Central America. 



Sp. Char. Adult: Prevailing color uniform sooty brown, becoming gradually grayer on the 

 neck and head, laterally and underneath, hut lightening on the nape and pileum into pale ashy, 



A. melanogenys. 



which grows gradually lighter anteriorly, the forehead being quite white ; lores dark sooty plum- 

 beous, in abrupt and marked contrast with the white or pale ashy of the forehead. Remiges, 

 primary-coverts, and tail dusky brown, the primaries nearly black. Bill deep black ; iris brown ; 

 "feet dull brownish red, the webs dusky, the claws black" (Audubon). Young? (No. 67323, 



