WHISKERED TERN 



MOUSTACHE TERN. 



PLATE CCXVIL FIGURE I. 



Sterna hybrida, PALLAS. 



Hydrochelidon hybrida, DRESSER. 



A VERY rare straggler from the Oriental and Ethiopian 

 regions. It breeds in colonies in the marshes and lakes. 

 Its nest is a floating mass of tangled aquatic weeds. 



The eggs are three in number; they vary from pale buff 

 to very pale green, spotted with light or dark brown. 



