TERN. NATATORES. STERNA. 475 



first quill black, except about an inch near to the tip, 

 which is grey ; those of the other quills having pearl- 

 grey tips, and exhibiting a silky lustre. Tail white, 

 and much forked ; the exterior feather on each side ha- 

 ving its outer web blackish-grey ; those of the rest being 

 pale pearl-grey. Wings, when closed, reaching to the 

 end of the tail. Legs and feet deep arterial blood-red. 

 Tarsi five-eighths of an inch in length. Claws black. 



The winter plumage of this bird has not yet been ascer- 

 tained. 



The Young, when fully fledged, have the auriculars and Young. 

 occiput greyish-black. The upper parts pearl- grey, with 

 the tips of the feathers pale yellowish-grey. The under 

 parts white. 



LESSER TERN. 



STERNA MINUTA, Linn. 

 PLATE LXXXIX. FIGS. 3. 4. 



Sterna minuta, Linn. Syst. 1. 228. 4 Gmel Syst. 1. 608. Lath. Ind. Orn. 



2. 809. sp. l9.Steph. Shaw's Zool. 13. 163 Flem* Br. Anim. 1. 144. 



No. 237. 



Sterna minor, Briss. Orn. 2. 206. pL 19. fig. 2. 

 Sterna Metopoleucos, Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 608 Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 809. 



sp. 22. 



Larus piscator, Aldrov. Rail Syn. 131. A. 2 Will. 2. 69. 

 La Petite Hirondelle-de-Mer, Buff. Ois, 8. 337 Id. PL EnL 996. Temm. 



Man. d'Orn. 2. 752. 

 Die Kleine Meerschwalbe, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. 4. 699 Meyer, Tass- 



chenb. Deut. 2. 463. 

 Hooded Tern, Lath. Syn. 6. 365. 21. 

 Lesser Tern, Penn, Br. ZooL 2. 546. No. 255. pi. 90 Arct. ZooL 2. No. 



449 Lath. Syn. 6. 364. 18. Lewies Br. Birds, 6. pi. 205. Mmt. Orn. 



Diet, and Sup Bewick's Br. Birds, ed. 1826, p. t. 187 Flem.'Br. Anim. 



2. 144. No. 237. 



Little Tern, Shaw's Zool. 13. 163. 

 Richel Bird, Rennie's Mont. Orn. Diet. 419. 

 Lesser Sea Swallow, Albinos Birds, 2. pL 90 Will. (Angl.) 353. t. 68. 



OF the several species of Tern that annually resort to our Periodical 

 coasts for the purpose of reproduction, this is much the * anfc 



