j 4 o GULL-BILLED TERN. 



GULL-BILLED TERN. 



PLATE CCXVII. FIGURE II. 



Sterna Anglica, MONTAGU. BEWICK. FLEMING. 



Sterna Anglica, SELBY. JENYNS. EYTON. GOULD. 



rTIHE nesting-places of this species are marshy 

 -*- grounds not far from the sea-beach. A small 

 hollow is scratched in the sand or gravel, and in this 

 a few stems of grass and small roots are placed. 



The eggs are two, three, or four in number, of 

 a pale, as also of a dull greenish or yellowish olive- 

 colour, marked and spotted with pale grey, reddish 

 brown of two shades, and olive brown. J. R. De Capel 

 Wise, Esq., of Lincoln College, Oxford, has favoured 

 me with the loan of a specimen. 



