74. Sterna antillarum 
LEAST TERN. 9 inches 
Adult. Insummer. Above, forehead white enclosed by a black 
line reaching from the eyes to the bill; top of head black ; back 
light gray. Below white; d7// yellow, tipped with black; feet 
yellow. In fall and winter, similar but head Lire 
white; back dark gray. Immature. | ike fall 
adult but back mottled with brown; bill black- 
ish. ‘Ihe smallest of the terns, only about 
two inches larger than a barn swallow. 
Note. “ Vip, vip, pip, yip.” 
Nest. A hollow in the sand 
Breeds. Local summer resident on southern 
New England coast from May to September. 


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