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Famiia- RIIYXCIIOPID.E. Skimmer: 

 Gkm s RHYNCHOPS Linn. 



RHYNCHOPS NIGRA //////. 

 Black Skimmer. 



Adult ill .sum liter: liill thin, knik-likc. Inwcr mandil.lc ihch.n-er, hasal half vermiUion red. 

 Mackisli at tip : forehead, h^res. and cheeks, and entire under part tdcrissum. and tips of second- 

 aries wliite: under hnin- of win- and axiUars white: rest of phinia-e l)Lu-k : tail wliite, the 

 sliafts of tile feathers l)rownish above. 



Adult ill :.'iiitt-r: .Similar but browner, and showin:4 a white nuchal collar. 



Len-th. iS to jo: Win- 75 : Tail. 5.50: Tarsus, 1.25 : Hill (culnien). 2.70 : (ionys. 4.25. 



A common resident in Florida, it breeds on tlie Atlantic coast from hdorida 

 to \^iro-inia. The ego-s, usually loin-, are brownish white blotched with 

 chocolate brown: they are deposited on the sand without any nest. 



Ranoc : •• Wjsrmer parts of America north on the Atlantic coast to New 

 Jersey and casually to the liay of Fundy." (.\.().r.) 



