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SOUTHERN TERN. 



brown, bare greatly above the knee. Inhabits New 

 Holland." — Latham. 



SOUTHERN TERN. 



(Sterna Australia.) 



St. cinerea subtus grisea,jronte albo-flavescente, rcmigibus albis. 



Ash-coloured Tern beneatli grey, with the forehead whitish- 

 yellow, the quills white. 



Sterna Australis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 608. Lath. Ind. Orn. 

 2. 809. 



Southern Tern. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 365. Lath. Gen. Hist. x. 

 126. 



A very small species, measuring only seven inches 

 and a half in length : its beak is black : the forehead 

 dirty buff-colour : the back, wings, and tail are dirty 

 pale cinereous : the quills are white : the under parts 

 of the plumage are grey : the tail is forked : the legs 

 dusky black, with the webs orange. Inhabits Christ- 

 mas Island. 



