KKY TO Tiir: \\'.\Ti:ii r.iUDs ov i i.oj<ii>a. 



6k 



Length, 15 ; Wing, 10.30; Tail, 5.50: Tarsus. .75; 

 IJill, 1.45. 



A \vi(U'l\' (lislributecl species not un- 

 coiiinion in I^lorida in winter. It breeds 

 commonly alon<^ the Atlantic coast : the 

 eggs are three in nuni]:)er, grayish or buff 

 white, marked with chocolate brown. 



STERNA DOUQALLI A/on/a^-. 

 Roseate Tern. 



Aiinlt spring plumage : bill black, tinged with red at 

 base ; .slender ; cap black : upper plumage pearl gray ; 

 under ])arts white, tinged with pink when freshly killed. 

 Tail entirely white ; outer featlier longer than the 

 others: legs vermillion red; iris l^rown. Adult in 

 winter: ["orehead whiti-sh or grayish white ; occiput 

 and upper nape black. Immature specimens have tlie 

 upper parts mottled with gray and i)uff. 



Length. 15; Wing, 7.75; Tail, 7.50; Tarsus, .85 ; 

 Bill, 1.55- 

 A common species on the Atlantic coast. It is resident and l)reeds in 

 Florida, ranging in summer north to New England. 



The eggs are three in niniiber, pale, huffy gray or grayish white 

 marked with chocolate brown. 



STERNA ANTILLARUM (Less.). 

 Least Tern. 



^^^^ Adult in summer : Bill yellow, tipped with black ; fore- 



L-,,^^^^^^^ liead white ; crown and lores black ; upper parts pearl gray ; 



^""^^^^^^L under parts white ; outer primaries Ijrownish Ijlack on outer 



^^^k webs and inner half of inner weljs ; tail white ; feet orange 



Y yellow. 



• Adult in winter : Forepart of crown white, marked with 



Ijlack ; occiput black. Immature birds have tlie upper parts 



mottled with l)uff and the bill dark brown. 



Length. 9.50; Wing. 7: Tail, 3.50; Tarsus, .60; Hill. 1.20. 

 This is the smallest of the Terns. It is resident in parts of Florida and 

 breeds in the State. Tlie eggs are three, sometimes four, pale buff or 

 brownish white dotted with brown. 



