Terns and Skimmer 



75. Sooty Tern (Sterna fuliginosa). L. 17. Ads., 

 summer. Above blackish, lorehead and underparts 

 white; tail black, except outer feathers which are 

 mostly white. Yng. Sooty slate; linings of wings 

 white; scapulars, upper tail coverts, and tail feathers 

 tipped with white. Notes. A squeaky quack, a nasal 

 ker-wacky-wak, and other calls. 



Range. "Tropical and subtropical coasts of the globe. In Amer- 

 ica from Chili to western Mexico and the Carolinas, and casually to 

 New England." (A. O. U.) 



77. Black Tern (Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis) . 

 L. 10. Ads.j summer. Head and underparts black; 

 back, wings, and tail slate. Ads., winter. Forehead, 

 nape, and underparts white-, head gray. Yng. Simi- 

 lar to last, but above with brownish margin^. Notes. 

 A sharp peek. 



Range. Temperate and tropical America; breeds in interior from 

 California, Kansas, and Illinois to Alaska; irregular migrant on Atlan- 

 tic coast from New Brunswick southward; winters south of United 

 States to ChiH. 



79. Noddy (Anous stolidus). L. 15. Ads. Crown 

 silvery whi f e; rest of plumage sooty brown. Yng. Sim- 

 ilar, but all o'ooty brown except white line from bill to 

 eye. NoUz, A low reedy cack increasing to a hoarc?, 

 guttural k*r-r-r-r-r-r-r. 



Range. Troric-i' and subtropical regions; In America from Brazil 

 and Chili north to the Gulf and South Atlantic States." (A. O. U.) 



80. Black Skimmer (Rynchops nigra}. L. 18. Ads. 

 Lower mandible longer than upper; forehead, under- 

 parts, pa r t of secondaries, and tail white; rest of plum- 

 age black. Yng. Plumage widely margined with 

 buffy. Notes. Varied, nasal, penny-trumpet-like; 

 also ca-you, ca-you, like a hound's voice. 



Range. North America, chiefly eastern; breeds from southern 

 New Jersey southward; wanders rarely to Nova Scotia; winters from 

 Gulf States to northern South America. 



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