5^5 CASPIAN TERN. 



among the elegant drawings of my friend,. Jofepb Plymleyy Efq; of 

 Longnor.. 



B. Caspian T. Terna Cafpia, Mr. Lepechin, In Nov. Com. Petrop. xiv. 5C0. tab. xiif, 

 — Pallas, 483. tab. xxii. — Latham, n\. 



With a fcarlet bill, three inches long : crown and hind part of 

 the head cf an intenfe black, hoared wirh white : fpace round 

 the eyes black; under each a white crefcent : cheeks, lower fide of 

 the neck, and whole under fide of the body, of a fnowy whitenefs : 

 upper part cinereous and hoary : fix firft primaries darker, edg- 

 ed and tipt with black: tail deeply forked, and of a pure white: 

 legs black. • The fpecimen defcribed by DocStor Pallas was of 

 darker colors ; perhaps differed in age and fex. Length near two feet. 

 Extent three feet two inches. Seems, in the air, as big as a Kite. 

 Place, Inhabits the Cafpian fea, about the m.outh of the Talk. Makes a 



laughing noife. Fifhes both in the fea and rivers. Remains long 

 fufpended in the air, then dafhes on its prey ; and fliims thefurface of 

 the water like a Swallow. Lays, on the back of defart ifles, two eggs 

 marked with dufky fpots. V/anders up the great river Ohy, e^ea 

 towards the /roz^?/ ocean *. 



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