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black; sides of head, fore neck, and lower parts, white; upper parts, 
grayish blue; edges of wings, whitish; tail, of paler tint than back ; outer 
feathers nearly white. Male, 14, 34. Cosmopolite. Eggs, two, 2§ inches 
by 1§, pale yellowish green, spotted with umber and purple. 
Sterna Cayana, Bonap. Syn. p. 353. Nutt. ii, 208. Aud. iii. 505; v. 639; plate 
’ 273; Syn. p. 316. 
430. Sterna Anglica, Montague. — Marsh Tern, Wilson, p. 630. 
Sterna aruneay Bonap. Syn, Pp 354. — Sterna Anglica, Wutt. ii. 269. Aud. v. 127; 
plate 410; Syn. p. 316. 
431. Sterna Cantiaca, Gmel. — Sandwich Tern. 
Bill, black ; its tip, yellow; feet, black; head and hind neck, bluish 
black; sides of head, neck, and lower parts, white; sides and breast, 
tinged with pink ; fore part of back, scapulars, and upper surface of wings, 
rayish blue; rump and tail, white. Adult, 153, 33%. Habitat, from 
‘exas to the Floridas. Eggs, three, yellowish gray, blotched with umber, 
pale blue, and reddish. : 
Sterna Cantiaca, Jud. iii. 5315 plate 279; Syn. p. 317. Mutt. 11, 276. 
432. Sterna faliginosa, Lath. — Sooty Tern, Wilson, p. 632. 
Sterna fuliginosa, Bunap. Syn. p.355. Nutt. ii, 284. Aud. iii. 263; v. 641; plate 
235; Syn. p. 317. 
433. Sterna hirundo, Linn. — Common Tern, Wilson, p. 509. 
Sterna hirundo, Bonap. Syn. p. 354. Rich. & Swain. ii, 412. Nutt. ii. 27]. Aud. 
iv. 74; plate 309; Syn. p. 318, 
434. Sterna Havellii, .2ud. — Havell’s Tern. 
Bill, black; base, brown; tip, yellow; feet, orange; broad band: of 
black surrounding the eye; fore part of head, cheeks, and lower parts, 
pure white ; hind head and nape, dusky gray, mixed with white; upper 
parts, light bluish gray ; rump, white. Adult, 154. Habitat, from Texas 
to South Carolina. 
Sterna Havellii, Aud. v. 122; plate 409; Syn. p. 318. 
435. Sterna Trudeaui, Jud. — Trudeau’s Tern. 
Bill, black ; base of lower mandible, tips, and edge of both, yellow; feet, 
orange; claws, brown; black grayish band surrounding eye, and extend, 
ing towards nape; fore part of head, cheeks, and throat, white; rest of 
plumage, except axillar feathers, lower wing-coverts, and rump, which are 
white, grayish blue.. Adult, 16. Habitat, Great Egg Harbor and Long 
Island. Rare. : 
Sterna Trudeaui, Aud. v. 125; plate 409; Syn. p. 319. 
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436. Sterna arctica, Temm.— Arctic Tern. 
Bill and feet, vermilion, tinged with carmine ; upper part of head and 
occiput, greenish black ; sides of head and chin, white ; upper parts, pale- 
grayish blue ; rump, bluish white; tail and its coverts, white; outer web 
of two lateral feathers, dusky gray ; neck, breast,.and sides, pale grayish 
blue ; abdomen, lower tail-coverts, and lower surfaces of wings and tail, 
white. Male, 153,32. Eggs, three, laid on the bare rock, 14 by 3 of an 
inch, light umber, blotched with umber. Habitat, along the Atlantic 
coast, from New Jersey to Labrador. 
Sterna arctica, Borup, Syn. p. 354. Rich. § Swain. ii. 414. Mutt. i. 275. Aud. 
iii. 366; plate 259, Syn. p.'319. 
437. Sterna Dongallii, Mont. — Roseate Tern. 
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