TERN. NATATORES. STERNA. 475 
first quill black, except about an inch near to the tip, 
which is grey; those of the other quills having’ pearl- 
grey tips, and exhibiting a silky lustre. Tail white, 
and much forked; the exterior feather on each side ha- 
ving its outer web blackish-grey ; those of the rest being 
‘pale pearl-grey. Wings, when closed, reaching to the 
end of the tail. Legs and feet deep arterial blood-red. 
Tarsi five-eighths of an inch in length. Claws black. 
The winter plumage of this bird has not yet been ascer- 
tained. 
The Young, when fully fledged, have the auriculars and Young. 
occiput greyish-black. The upper parts pearl-grey, with 
the tips of the feathers pale yellowish-grey. The under 
parts white. 
LESSER TERN. 
STERNA MiNUTA, Linn. 
PLATE LXXXIX. Fies. 3. 4. 
Sterna minuta, Linn. Syst. 1. 228. 4.—Gmel. Syst. 1. 608.—Lath. Ind. Orn. 
2. 809. sp. 19.—Steph. Shaw’s Zool. 13. 163.—Flem, Br. Anim. 1. 144. 
No. 237. 
Sterna minor, Briss. Orn. 2. 206. pl. 19. fig. 2. 
Sterna Metopoleucos, Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 608.—Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 809. 
sp. 22. 
Vana piscator, Aldrov. Raii Syn. 131. A. 2. Will. 2. 69. 
La Petite Hirondelle-de-Mer, Buff: Ois, 8. 337.—Id. Pl. Enl. 996.—Temm. 
Man. d’Orn. 2. 752. 
Die Kleine Meerschwalbe, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. 4. 699.—Meyer, Tass- 
chenb. Deut. 2. 463. 
Hooded Tern, Lath. Syn. 6. 365. 21. 
Lesser Tern, Penn. Br. Zool. 2. 546. No. 255. pl. 90.—Arct. Zool. 2. No. 
449.—Lath. Syn. 6. 364. 18.—Lewin’s Br. Birds, 6. pl. 205.—Mont. Orn. 
Dict. and Sup.—Bewick’s Br. Birds, ed. 1826, p. t. 187.—Flem. Br. Anim. 
2. 144. No. 237. 
Little Tern, Shaw’s Zool. 13. 163. 
Richel Bird, Rennie’s Mont. Orn. Dict. 419. 
Lesser Sea Swallow, Albin’s Birds, 2. pl. 90.—Wiil. (Angl.) 353. t. 68. 
OF the several species of Tern that annually resort to our Periodical 
coasts for the purpose of reproduction, this is much the Visitant. 
