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Teal, Green-winged (continued) 



Call no. 

 Nu TeG Male on Plank (captive). Ithaca. (June 25, 1918) Allen 



Nu TeGl Banded Female on Plank (captive). Ithaca. (June 25, 

 1918) Allen 



Tern, Black (Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis) 



A fairly common migrant about the lakes of the State in the 

 fall. It occasionally nests in Montezuma marshes and is a regu- 

 lar summer resident near Big Sandy creek in Jefferson county, 

 where there are nests by the score. The adults stick close when 

 one handles the young. 9-10.25 



Nu TfB Adult on Nest, One Young at Side Chapman 



Note the black head and neck. 



Nu TfB2 Nest with Three Eggs on Ground. Sandy creek, Jefferson 

 CO. (June 13, 1915) Bailey 



Nu TfB3 Nest with Two Eggs, Surrounded by Water; One Young 

 Bird Leaving Nest. (June 25, 1915) Bailey 



The young are precocial. 



Nu TfB6 Adult in Flight, in Fall Plumage. Branchport. (Septem- 

 ber 3, 1911) Burtch 



Note the long wings. In flight this tern resembles the night- 

 hawk in size, color, wing stroke and the habit of hawking over 

 marshes for insects. What is the difference between its spring 

 and fall plumage? 



Nu TfB9 Adult as It Strikes Straw Hat of Man in Tall Grass 



Bailey 

 The black tern is noted for its daring. 



Tern, Caspian {Sterna caspia) 



Along the Great Lakes and on Long Island this bird is found 

 now and then in the fall. It is not known to nest within the 

 State, but nests both north and south of the State. Like the 

 black tern, it nests in colonies. 20-23.5 



Nu TfC Hundreds of Caspian Terns and Gulls on the Ground and 



in the Air at Nesting Site. Georgian bay, Canada. 

 (July 6, 1912) Bailey 



