SANDWICH TERN. 147 



crown somewhat mottled with grey, and the wings 

 darker coloured. Inhabits China ; and many of the 

 south-eastern islands of Asia. 



SANDWICH TERN. 



(Sterna cantiaca.) 



St, alba dorso alisque canis, pileo nigro, fronte maculis albis, 



remigibus nigricantibus scapis albis. 

 White Tern with the back and wings hoary, the pileus black, 



the forehead with white spots, the quills dusky with white 



shafts. 

 Sterna cantiaca. — Hirondelle de mer cangek. Temm . man. d' Orn • 



479. Id. 2 Edit. ii. 735, 

 Winter Plumage.— Sterna cantiaca. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 6G(? ; 



Linn. Trans. 13. 329. 

 Summer Plumage. — Sterna BoysiL Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 806. 

 Greater Sea Swallow. Alb. Birds, 2. pi. 88. 

 Sandwich Tern. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 356. Lath. Syn. Sup. 266. 



Boys' Sandwich, p. 851. Lew. Brit. Birds, 6. pi. 203. Wale. 



Syn. I. pi. 120. Don. Brit. Birds, 5. pi. 120. Mont. Orn. 



Diet. 2. and Supp. with Jig. Bew. Brit. Birds, 2. 204. Lath, 



Gen. Hist. x. 106. 

 Immature Summer Plumage. — Sterna Africana. Gmel. Syst. 



Nat. 1. 605. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 105. 

 African Tern. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 354. Lath. Gen. Hist. x. 



108. 

 Young. — Sterna striata. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 609 ? Lath. Ind. 



Orn. 2. 807 ? 

 Sterna nebulosa. Sparr. Mus. Carls, fas. pi. 63. 

 Striated Tern. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 358.^. 98? 



During the winter season, this species has the beak 

 of a deep black, with its tip yellow : its irides are 



