ROSEATE TERN. 135 



ROSEATE TERN. 



PLATE CCXIV. 



Sterna Dougallii, MONTAGU. BEWICK. FLEMING. 



Sterna Dougallii, SELBY. JENYNS. GOULD. 



species makes its nest among the herbage 

 -*- there may be on low banks of sand or shingle, 

 or upon the bare ground itself. 



The eggs are two or three in number; the ground 

 colour yellowish cream white, pale brown, or yellowish 

 olive green, spotted and speckled with grey and brown. 



