62 AVES. 



During the north-cast monsoon these Terns are very common, 

 associating in large flocks ; they are then easy to approach, but 

 when alone are very wary; the Malays say that their eggs are 

 laid among grass near the sea, without any nest; they perch, in 

 great numbers, upon the fishing stakes, which are sometimes 

 almost white with them. The Sterna cristata of Swainson 

 is somewhat smaller than the above bird, but, in other respects, 

 they exactly agree. 



