SOOTY TERN 



PLATE CCXVI. FIGURE III. 

 Sterna fuliginosa, GMELIN. 



THIS rare visitor has only occurred in England on two 

 or three occasions, being an intertropical bird. 

 No nest is formed, but the eggs are laid in the sand 

 near the sea-shore, the birds scratching a slight hollow for 

 the purpose. 



The eggs are smooth, and of a pale cream-colour, slightly 

 marked with different shades of pale brown and lighter tints 

 of purple. The female, while sitting, is fed by the male. 



VOL. III. 



