2 1 o Birds of Oregon and Washington 



never have occasion to save our own Terns at 

 such cost ! 



PARTICULAR DESCRIPTION. Black cap ; sides of 

 head, white ; nape and back, deep pearl-gray ; wings, 

 upper tail-coverts, and tail, white ; under parts, all dull 

 lavender-gray, except under tail-coverts, which are white ; 

 tail, very much forked ; bill, carmine ; feet, red. 



The red upon the bill of these Terns is a strik- 

 ing and beautiful feature. 

 Summer resident. 



THE BLACK TERN. 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION ; Summer plumage : 

 Upper parts : more or less dark. 

 Under parts : almost black, or very dark lead- 

 color. 

 Length, 9 to 10 inches. 



The color makes the identification of this " Sea 

 Swallow " very easy, and any one will at once 

 recognize in the small, dark not really " black " 

 Gull, the Black Tern. 



Summer resident. 



Eight species of the Gull proper are here de- 

 scribed : the Western or Summer, the Glaucus- 

 winged, the American Herring, the Ring-billed, 



