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New Jersey ; North Carolina ; Gt'orgia ; tlic Tortiigas ; and Han Diego, Cal. Tlic 

 number found in a nest varies from one to four; hut the hist number is rarely found, 

 and probably the same parent never deposits more than three eggs — perhaps not 

 more than two. Tht^ ground-color is a very uniform shade of light buff, be(!omiiii,' 

 paler with age. The spots are for the most part small, eveidy distributed, eolorcil 

 a lavender-gray and burnt umber. Four eggs in my own eolleetion, from Tiu;kerinil<, 

 measure l.liO by M inches; 1.2") by .9(); 1.134 by .91; l/J'.i by .94. A few in tli, 

 Smithsonian Collection nn^asure 1.30 by l.(X). The smallest length is 1.20, and tiie 

 least breadth .91. In some descriptions the ground-(!olor of these eggs is spoken of 

 as being a greenish white ; but I have never found any with the least tinge of th; i 

 color. In most examples the sjjots ai'e small and evenly distributed; occasionally 

 they are in large blotches, and iu a few instances they form a confluent ring. 





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Sterna fuliginosa 



THE BOOTY TEBN. 



SIf ma fuliginosa, Omf.l. S. \. 1. ii. 1788, 005. — Wu.s. Am. Orii. VIII. 1S14, 145, \A. 7 

 NuTT. Man. II. 1834, 284. -- Aun. Om. IHog. III. 183."., 2(i3 ; V. 183!), (i41, \A. t. 

 1839, 317 ; H. Am. VII. 1844, 1)0, iil. 432. — L.vwit. in Hiiiid's H. N. Am. 1858, 801 

 Cat. N. Am. H. 1859, no. 088. — Coui-.s, ("heck List, 1873, no. 573; 2il cd. 1882, 

 SAiNHKits, 1>. Z. S 1870, 006. — Kiuow. Noni. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 091. 



Stn-na (l[aUplanu) fuUyiiwsa, CouES, Key, 1872, 322; IJ. N. VV. 1874, 698. 



Sterna scrmta, Foitsr. Descr. An. ed. Liolit. 1844, 270. 



Sterna yiitfala, FoiisT. t. c. 211 (young). 



AnoHs I'llcrmcnicri, Lkss. Descr. Mam. ct Ois. 1847, 255 (young). 



Sterna OouMii, Kkicii. (Jidc Okay). 



Sterna luctuosa, TiiiL. & L.vndb. Wiegni. Arcliiv, 1860, 126. 



Sterna fuliginosa, vixr. crissalis, " Uauid," Lawk. Pr. Host. Soc. 1871, 285 (Socorro I.). 



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Hab. Intertropical luul siibtropiail coast-regions, completely round the t,'liil)o. In Aiucrii'a, 

 south to Chili, north, rej,'ularly to the Carolinaa and Western Mexico ; casually to Pennsylvania, 

 Massachusetts, and Vermont. 



Se. Char. Adult: Foir-liead and upper ywYi of the lores white, this color extending liaik 

 laterally to the middle of the upper eyelid; a broad stripe across the lores (j^rowing gradually 



narrower anteriorly), auricular region, crown, oceipnt, nape (broadly), and entire upper part^i, 

 fuliginous black, the outer pair of rectrices white, with the inner webs growing gmdually black i-^li 

 terminally. Entire lower parts, including axillars and lining of tiie wing, white, sometimes faintly 

 tinged posteriorly witli pale bluish gray. Bill deep black; "iris chestnut" (Audubon); Ik t 

 black. Yowng, first flmiuKje : Dark fuliginous, more dusky gniyish below ; lining of the wing, ami 



