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BRITISH BIRDS. 



closed wings; the legs and feet, including the bare 

 space of about half an inch above the knees, are of 

 a bright red; the claws black and hooked. The 

 specimen from which Mr. Montagu describes this 

 bird, was, with several others, shot in the West 

 Highlands of Scotland, in July, 1812, and presented 

 to him by Dr. McDougall, of Glasgow, who also, in 

 his communications respecting these birds, points 

 out the difference between them and the other 

 species of Terns, which swarmed in their company 

 on the same rocky islands. The above figure was 

 taken from a preserved specimen of a bird shot on 

 the Farn Isles, in June, 1820, where several of 

 them, at various times, have been killed. 



