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PLAT E XXXIX. 



THE SURINAM TERN. 



GENUS STERNA, LIN. SYST. 227. TERN, PEN. GEN. BI RDS, 85. 



SIZE, of a black bird. 



BILL, an inch and an eighth long, noftrils linear. 



CROWN of the HEAD black, with a pendent crest : 



from the corner of each eye a white line. 



CHEEKS, bright bay. 



NECK, marked on the fides and hind part with lon- 



gitudinal lines of black and white. 



Y/iNGS, - BACK and TAIL dufkv, the laft tipt with white, 



and always fpread. 



breast, white. 



LEGS, fliort and thick, toes palmated, barred with 



black and white. 



PLACE Surinam. Called by the Dutch sonne-vogel, 



which fignifies bird of the sun, or sun 

 BIRD ; feeds on flies, is often domefticated : 

 its head and body is in a continual motion. 

 Mr. pennant. 



