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CAYENNE TERN* 



(Sterna Cayana.) 



St. grisea pemiis riifo marginatis, occipite nigro, corpore subtus 



albo. 

 Grey Tern with the feathers edged with red, the occiput black, 



the body beneath white. 

 Sterna Cayanensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 604, Lath. hid. Om. 



2. 804. 

 Le grand Hirondelle de mer de Cayenne. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 



8. 346. Buff. PI. Enl. 988. 

 Cayenne Tern. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 352, Lath. Gen. Hist. x. 



127. 



Inhabits Cayenne : length sixteen inches : the 

 hind part of the head black ; the upper parts of the 

 plumage grey, with pale rufous edges to all the fea- 

 thers : the under parts of the body are white. 



SURINAM TERN. 



(Sterna Surinamensis.) 



St. cinerea subtus alba, rostro capite collo pectoreque nigris, pe- 



dibus rubris. 

 Ash-coloured Tern beneath white, with the beak, head, neck, and 



breast black, the legs red. 

 Sterna Surinamensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 604. Lath. Ind. Om. 



2. 804. 

 Surinam Tern. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 352. Lath. Gen. Hist. x. 

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