Class II. 



BLACK TERN. 



199 



quit their breeding places at the approach of 

 it, and do not return till spring. Their man- 

 ners, haunts, and food, are the same with 

 those of the former; but they are far less 

 numerous. 



Sterna fissipes. St. cauda e- 



marginata, corpore nigro, 



dorso cinereo. Lath. Ind. 



or ?i. 810. id. Syn. vi. 366. 



id. Sup. i. 267. 

 Larus niger (Meyvogelin) Ges- 



nerav. 588. Jig. 58Q. 

 Aldr. av. iii. 33. 

 The Scare Crow. TFil. orn. 



353. 

 Our black cloven-footed Gull. 



Idem. 354. 



Rail Syn. av. 131. Idejn. 132. 3. Black. 



No. 6. 

 L'Epouvantail. Brisson av. vi. 



211. tal. 20. Jig . 1. Hist. 



dois. viii. 341. PI. Enl. 



333. 

 Sterna fissipes. Gm. Lin. 610. 

 Sicelandis Glitter. Brunnich, 



153. 

 Kleinote Moewe. Frisch, ii. 



220. 

 Br. Zool. 145. Tal. L.* 1./. 



1. ^rc^. Zoo/, ii. 239. 



X HIS is of a middle size, between the first and 

 second species. The usual length is ten inches ; 

 the breadth twenty-four ; the weight two ounces 

 and a half. The head, neck, breast, and belly, 

 as far as the vent, are black ; beyond is white ; 

 the male has a white spot under its chin ; the 

 back and wings are of a deep ash color ; the 

 tail is short and forked ; the exterior feather on 

 each side is white ; the others ash colored ; the 

 legs and feet are of a dusky red. Mr. Rai/ calls 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



