196 



COMMON TERN. 



Class II. 



GENUS XXI. TERN.* 





Bill strait, slender, pointed. 



Nostrils linear. 



Tongue slender and sharp. 



Wings very long. 



Tail forked. 



Toes : a small back toe. 



i. Common. Sterna Hirundo. St. cauda for- 

 ficata, rectricibus duabus ex- 

 timis albo nigroque dimidia- 

 tis. Lath. Ind. orn. 807 . id, 

 Syn. vi. 36 1. 



Sterna (Stirn, Spyrer, Schnir- 

 rlng). Gesner av. 586. 



Aldr. av. iii. 35. 



The Sea Swallow. Wil. orn. 

 352. 



Raii Syn. av. 131. 



Sterna major, la grande Hi- 

 rondelle de mer. Brisson av, 

 vi. 203. tab. IQ- Jig. 1. Hisl. 

 d'ois. viii. 331. PI. Enl. 

 987. 



Sterna hiiaindo. Gm. Lin, 60Q. 



Tarna. Faun, Suec. sp, 15g. 



The Ki renew. Martens Spitz- 

 berg. §2. :' 



Islandis Kria. NorvegisTtnnc., 

 Tende, Tendelobe, Sand- 

 Tolle, Sand-Tagrrne. Danis 

 Tserne. Bornholmis Kirre, 

 Krop-Kirre. Brunnich, 151. 



Grauer fischer. Kram. 345. 



Schwartzplattige Schwalben 

 Moewe. Frisch, ii. SIQ. 



Makauka. Scopoli, No. 3. 



Greater Tern. Br. Zool. 144. 

 Tah, L*. Arct. Zool ii. 238. 



* A name these birds are known by in the North o? England, 

 and which we substitute instead of the old compound one of 

 Sea Sivalloiv, which was given them on account of their forked 

 tails. 



