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738 SYNOPSIS OF 
Bill, brownish black, orange at base; feet, vermilion; upper part of 
head and occiput, bluish black; hind neck, white; rest of upper yarts, 
pale bluish gray; edges of wings, white; lower parts, roseate; under 
surface of wings and tail, white. Male, 148, 30. Habitat, Florida Keys 
Eggs, laid on the bare ground, three, 13 inches by 1}, clay color, spotted 
with umber and purple. 
Sterna Dongallii, Aud. iii. 296; plute 240; Syn. p. 320. Mutt. ii. 278. 
438. Sterna nigra, Linn, — Black Tern. : 
Bill, brownish black; feet, reddish brown; head, neck, breast, sides, 
and abdomen, grayish black; lower tail-coverts, white; lower wing- 
coverts, bluish gray ; upper parts, dark bluish gray. Adult, 9,24. Habi- 
tat, Mississippi River and its tributaries. Nests in tussocks of grass. 
Eggs, four, greenish buff, spotted with umber and black. ~ 
Sterna nigra, Bongp. Syn. p. 355. Rich. & Swain. ii. 415. Nutt. ii. 282. Aud. iii. 
535; v. 642; plate 270; Syn. p. 321. 4 
439. Sterna minuta, Linn. — Least Tern, Wilson, p. 51 i 
Sterna minuta, Bonap. Syn. p. 355. Nutt. ii. 280. Aud. iv. 175; plate 319; 
Syn. p. 321. 
440. Sterna stolida, Linn. — Noddy Tern. ; 
Plumage, sooty brown; primaries and tail-feathers, brownish black ; 
upper part of head, grayish white ; black spot over eye. Male, 16}, 32. 
Habitat, Gulf of Mexico. Nests in bushes. Eggs, three, 2 by 1%, reddish 
yellow, spotted with dull red and faint purple. - 5 . 
Sterna stolida, Bonop. Syn. p, 355. Nutt, ii. 285. Aud. iii. 516; v. 642; plate 275; 
Syn. p. 322. : 
GENUS III.—LARUS, Linn. — GULL. 
441. Larus Sabini, Sabine. — Fork-tailed Gull. 
Bill, black; tip, yellow; feet, black; head and upper part of neck, 
blackish gray, terminated by a collar of pure black; lower neck, lower 
parts, tail, and tail-coverts, white ; back and wings, bluish gray, except 
terminal portion of secondaries and tips of primaries, which are white ; 
primaries, black. Male, 13, 33. Habitat, from Maine to the Arctic Seas. 
£ggs, two, olive, with brown blotches. : ; 
Lepaaseatns Rich. & Swain. ii. 428. Nutt. ii. 295. Aud. iii. 561; plate 275; Syn. 
442, Larus Rossii, Rich. — Ross’s Gull. 
Bill, black; feet, vermilion; head, neck, lower parts,.rump, and tail, 
white ; tinge of pink in lower parts; narrow collar of black ; back, scapu- 
-Yars, and both surfaces of wings, grayish blue; tips of scapulars and secon- 
daries, white. Adult, 14. Habitat, Arctic Seas. 
Larus Rossii, Rich. § Swain. ii. 427. Aud. v. 324; Syn. p. 323. 
443. Larus Bonapartii, Rich.— Bonaparte’s Gull. 
Bill, black ; feet, orange, tinged with vermilion; head and upper part 
of neck, grayish black; a white band divided by a narrow white line 
miargining the eyes behind; lower part of neck, edge of wing, rump, tail, 
and lower parts, white; back, scapulars, and wings, light grayish blue. 
Adult, 14}, 324. Hab'tat, throughout the Atlantic coast. 
Larus capistratus, BRonap. Orn. iv; Syn. 358.— Larus Bonapastii, Rich. & Swain. 
ii, 425, Nutt. 1. 294. Aud. iv. 2125 Sys. p. S24: plate 323 
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