126 



LONG-WINGED SWIMMERS. 



may be taken from its nest without making 

 an effort to defend itself. Intertropical 

 seas; breeds on the Tortugus and Bahamas 

 in May; rare on coasts of South Atlantic 

 and Gulf States. 



Fig. 94 



Black Skimmer. 1-5 



SKIMMERS. 



Birds with a Tern - like appearance 

 having long wings and a short slightly 

 forked tail; bill singular, thin and knife- 

 like with under mandible over-lapping 

 upper, fig. 94. 



