SOOTY TERN. 



75. Sterna fuscata. 17 in. 



Above sooty-black. Forehead, under parts 

 and outer tail feathers white. Crown and 

 line through the eye black. Bill and feet 

 black. 



Nest. Single creamy-white eggs, spotted 

 with brown, in hollows in the sand. 



Range. Breeds south from Fla., La. and 

 Tex. Strays rarely to Me. 



BRIDLED TERN (not figured). 



76. Sterna anatheta. 15 in. 



Back lighter and white extending over 

 the eye. Otherwise like the last species. 

 Range. Tropical seas. Cacual in Fla. 

 BLACK TERN. 



77. Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis. 10 in. 

 In summer as shown by the lower bird; 



back gray. In winter as shown by the mid- 

 dle bird. 



Nest. A pile of weeds in marches. Eggs 

 olive-brown, heavily blotched with black. 



Range. Breeds north from Ohio and Cal. 

 Migrates along both coasts and through the 



