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roughly put together,- on which a single egg is laid ; sometimes the 

 egg is deposited upon the bare rock, without any pretensions to a 

 nest whatever. They appear to live in perfect harmony with the 

 Noddy Terns, which also breed in great numbers upon this island. 

 Incubation commences about May i6. On the 23d, all the eggs 

 obtained were quite fresh. 



Fig. Aud. Bds. N. A., Vol. VII. pi. 432. 



STER.VA ANOSTH.ETA. Scopoh. 

 Bridled Tern. 



Spring Plumage, Male. — Bill, black; cap, black; forehead, white, 

 extending like izuo liomis over each eye, and reaching behind them ; 

 upper back, grayish, shading into the white on the sides of the 

 neck; upper plumage, grayish brown; under parts, white; primaries, 

 dark brown, the first and second showing a clear band of white on 

 the inner webs, not reaching within an inch of the tips, and gradu- 

 ally fading on the others; upper tail-coverts, slaty gray ; outer tail- 

 feathers almost entirely white, showing slight tinge of brownish near 

 the tip; legs and feet, black; iris, brown. 



Length 14.25, wing 10, tail 6.25, tarsus .70, bill 1.50. 



I was very much pleased to find this species abundant at Long- 

 Island during the month of June. Its occurrence on the Florida coast 



