Ki:v I'o Tiii-^ \vati:r iurds ok Florida. 



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STERNA MAXIMA BoJd. 

 Royal Tern. 



Adult in spriiii;: Bill orange yel= 



low; tail forked: crown and nape Ijlack ; 

 wings and back pearl gray, shading in 

 white on tlic rump and upper tail 

 coverts, outer primary abruptly 

 marked with white on inner por= 

 / tion of inner web ; feet l)lack. 



./(///// in fall and loiiiter: Forehead 

 and front of crown white: occiput and 

 nape black streaked with white: edges 

 of eyelids black. 

 Lengtli, ly: Wing. 14: Tail. 7': Tarsus. 1.35: liill, -.60. 



Tropical Amei'ica, occa.sionally wanderin*,^ as far north a.s New England, 

 h is common in Florida, breeding in the State. It breeds commonly on the 

 middle Adantic coast, having been found breeding in munbers on the coa.stof 

 \^ir<rinia. The eggs are two to four, dull white, mottled with chocolate brown. 

 Range : - Tropical America and warmer parts of North America northward 

 to Massachusetts, the Great Lakes, and California, west coast of Africa 

 north to Tangiers." (.v.o.i . ) 



STERNA SANDVICENSIS ACUFLAVIDA 

 Cabot's Tern. 



: Cabot ). 



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Adult in sprini^r : Bill black, tipped with 



■yellow; cap black : upper back (mantle) whit- 

 ish : rest of upper plumage pearl gray : under 

 parts white, sometimes showing a faint rosy flush: 

 first primary edged with white to the tip, cover- 

 ing the entire inner web at the base and narrow- 

 / ing to an almost imperceptible line at the tip : 



tail white, forked: legs and feet black. 



/// u'iiitfr the crown is white dotted with l)lack. 

 Length. 15.50: Wing. 10.50: Tail. 5.50: liill. 

 2.10 ; Tarsus, .90. 



This species occiu's in Florida 

 throughout the vear, but is much more abundant in summer than in winter. 

 It breeds on both coasts of Florida: the eggs are pale brownish white, 

 streaked and spotted with brown. 



Range : '' Tropical America, northward along the Atlantic coast irregularly 

 to Southern New England."' (a.o.l.) 



