582 CLASS AVES. 



mantle spotted with black j but when adult it is 

 nearly all over blackish-ash. 



Bearded Tern. St. Inca. Less, and Gam. Voy. de 

 la Coq. pi. 47. 



Of the coasts of Peru. Black, with red bill and feet ; 

 a band on the cheeks, and pendant feathers on the 

 cheeks, white. Peru. Capt. Lord Byron. Mus. 

 Brit. 



Rose-coloured Tern. St. Dougalii. Mont. Vieill. 

 Gal. 290. 



Crown and nape, black ; body, above, bluish-grey ; 

 beneath, rosy white ; primaries, black-edged ; two 

 middle tail feathers, longest, narrow, very thin. Eng- 

 lish Ocean. 



Gull-hilled Tern. St. Anglica. Mont, or Aranea, 

 Wils. Am. viij. 72, 6. 



Arctic Tern. St. Arctica, Tem. 



Bill, and legs, red ; crown, and nape, black ; beneath 

 the eye, a white streak ; body, above, deep ash ; part 

 of belly, white ; middle claw, largest. The Arctic 

 Circle. Bonap. Am. Orn. jv. t. Sterna Argentata, 

 Brehm. 



White-winged Tern. St. Leucopareia, Natt. 



Bill and legs, black ; back, wings, quills, and tail, 

 grey ; head, and beneath, white. Germany. 



Mustachio Tern. St. Leucoptera, Tem. Schinz. 

 Ois. de Suisse (frontisp.) 



Bill and legs, red ; head, and upper parts, black ; lower 



