ORDER PALMIPEDES. 5H3 



Sterna Maynirostris, Licht. 



Hatis a Tite noire. Azara, 413. Guacuguacu. 

 Marcgr. Spix, t. 104. 



Bill, long, strong, straight, white ; tail, cut out, three 

 inches shorter than the quills. Length, fifteen inches. 

 Bill to forehead, two and a half inches ; tarsus, one 

 inch; frontal band, white, narrow; crown, black. 

 When young, black-clouded. Hatis a Bee court. 

 Azara, 414. 



Sterna Infuscata, Licht. 



Above, sooty ; bill, strong, straight, like the feet, 

 black ; tail, forked, rather longer than the wings. 

 Length, thirteen and a half inches. Bill, two inches ; 

 in winter, eyebrows and belly white. East Indies. 



Sterna Nitzschii. Kaup. Bull. Sci. Nat. vij. 251. 

 — Sterna Senex. Leach. Congo Exped. — Sterna 

 Oahuensis. Bloxan. Byron Voy. p. 251. 



We may distinguish from the other sea swallows, 



The Noddies, 



Whose tail is not forked, and nearly equals the 

 wings. They have, also, under the bill, a slight 

 swelling, the first indication of that of the mouettes. 

 Only one is known. 



Noddy Tern. Sterna Stolida. Lin. Enl. 997- 

 Bonap. Amer. Orn. iv. t. 



Blackish-brown -, the upper part of the head, whitish. 



