TERN. ^6^ 



Black Tern, Gen. Syn. vi. p, 366. N" zz. 22. 



Sterna nigra, Sepp Fog. pi. in p. 131. 4- BLACK T. 



'T' HIS fpecies is oblerved to appear on the coafh of Kent in a 

 few days after the other Terns; and, as they differ fomewhat 

 in their manners, do not affociate. The Black Tern never depofits 

 the eggs on the fea beach, as the others do, but breeds and feeds 

 in the flows within land. It is a lefs fhy bird, and the note much 

 ihriller than that of the other Terns. 



Le petit Fouquet des Philippines, Sa». Foy. p. 125. t. 85. 24. 



PHILIPPINE T. 



T^HIS is double the fize of the Common Tern. The bill bent Dbscription. 



black, and pointed at the end : the upper part of the head 



even with the eye is white : at the bafe of the bill is a narrow 



ftripe of black, which furrounds the eye, and finillies in a point : 



neck, breafl:, and belly, vinaceous grey ; above, the fame, but 



deeper : quills, tail, and legs, black. 



Inhabits xht Philippine IJks i often found at a great diftance Placb. 



from land. 



Mm » ■ GsKiff* 



