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1. ANGLICA. TERN. 



" The bill is 1J inch long, thick, strong and.angu- 

 lated on the upper mandible like the bill of a gull, 

 and wholly black ; the head is black ; the legs are 

 two inches in length from heel to knee; claws straight." 

 (Montagu.) 



2. BOYSII. SANDWICH TERN. 



S. alba, dorso alisque cam's, pileo nigro, fronte 

 maculis albis^ rerwgilws rdgricantibus scapo albo. 

 Lath. 



The bill is two inches long, slender and almost 

 regularly subulate, black with a horn coloured tip ; 

 the head is black, spotted with white on the forehead 

 and part of the crown hoary lead colour; legs black 

 with a slight rufous tinge ; foot small, and claws re- 

 markably hooked. 



3. DOUGALLIL ROSEATE TERN. 



The bill is slender, slightly curved, jet black ex- 

 cept at the base which is bright orange ; the legs and 

 feet are bright orange ; the claws are black and 

 hooked. 



Length 15s inches. 



Found on Cumbrey Islands, Milford Bay. (Mon- 

 tagu.) 



