ROSEATE TERN. 507 



spotted and speckled with ash grey and dark brown. 

 These birds live upon small fish. 



This Tern in summer visits Norway and the Baltic ; and 

 Richard Dann, Esq. sent me word that it breeds in Lap- 

 land. It is included among the birds of Germany. M. 

 Temminck says it is found on the coast of Holland in 

 August and September, and breeds on some small islands 

 on the coast of Brittany and Picardy. M. Calvi and M. 

 Savi include it among the birds of Genoa and Italy. Dr. 

 Heineken sent specimens from Madeira, and Dr. Andrew 

 Smith brought others from the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Mr. Gould, in his Birds of Europe, says he has received 

 many skins from India, particularly from the coast of 

 Malabar; and this species appears to have a very wide 

 geographical range. Mr. Audubon mentions that he found 

 it breeding in abundance at the Florida Keys ; and it is 

 found at Bermuda. 



In the adult bird in summer the bill, from the point to 

 the nostrils, is black, from thence to the base or gape red ; 

 the irides dark ; all the top of the head black ; neck, all 

 round, white ; back, wing-coverts, and quill -feathers ash 

 grey, the outer webs of the primaries dark grey, the inner 

 webs lighter ; tail-feathers very long, extending beyond 

 the ends of the wings, the colour pale ash grey ; breast and 

 all the under surface of the body white, strongly tinted 

 with a delicate rose colour, whence the bird derives its 

 name ; legs, toes, and their membranes red. The whole 

 length of the bird is fifteen inches and a half. From the 

 carpal joint to the end of the longest quill-feather nine 

 inches and a quarter. 



Mr. Selby describes the young bird of the year as having 

 the bill black, orange yellow at the base : forehead and 

 crown of a very pale wood brown ; region of the eyes, ear- 



