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V. Wing less than 12.00 ; occipital feathers short and blended. 



<*. Mantle bluish gray, the tail chiefly white ; inner wets of quills largely 

 white. (Subgenus Sterna.') 

 d 1 . Top of head without any black at any season. 



Adult in summer : Head, axUlars, lining of wing, and tail- 

 coverts, white, the first with a dusky stripe along each 

 side, entirely surrounding eye. and extending back over 

 ear-coverts ; rest of plumage pale pearl-gray, the quills 

 inclining to silvery white ; bill black in middle portion, the 

 base and tip yellowish. Winter plumage : Similar, but lower 

 parts white ; bill dusky, tipped with yellowish. Length 

 15.00-16.00. wing 9.70-10.60, tail 4.60-6.00 (forked for about 

 1.60-2.60). culmen 1.50-1.70, tarsus .92-.96. Sab. Atlantic 

 coast of South America ; casual on Atlantic coast of United 

 States (Xew Jersey). 



68. S. trudeaui Aro. Trodeau's Tern. 

 <P. Top of head chiefly or entirely uniform black in summer. 

 c 1 . Top of head entirely black in summer. 



f 1 - Only one web of outer tail-feather entirely white. 



g 1 . Inner web of outer tail-feather grayish or dusky 

 toward end, the outer web entirely white. Sum- 

 mer adult: Above pale pearl-gray, lower parts 

 pure white ; entire top of head and nape uniform 

 deep black ; bill (in life) dull orange, dusky at tip , 

 feet fine orange-red. Winter plumage: Similar, 

 but whole top of head white, tinged on occiput 

 and nape with grayish, the side of the head with 

 a dusky stripe surrounding eyes and extending 

 across ear-coverts ; tail shorter and less deeply 

 forked than in summer, the exterior feathers 

 broader and less elongated ; bill duller orange, and 

 feet much less intense red; bill dusky or dull 

 brownish orange, darker at tip. Young : Similar 

 to winter plumage, but top of head, hind-neck, 

 back, scapulars, tertials. and wing-coverts over- 

 laid by a wash of umber-brown, nearly uniform on 

 back and crown ; sides of head tinged with same ; 

 tail-feathers all distinctly dusky terminally, especi- 

 ally on inner webs. Downy young : Light brown- 

 ish buflj the breast and belly whitish ; upper parts 

 coarsely and irregularly marbled with black, the 

 sides of the head with a few scattered small mark- 

 ings of the same. Lensrth about 14.00-15.00, wing 

 9.50-10.30, tail 5.00-7.70 (forked for 2.30-5.00), 

 culmen 1.50-1.65, tarsus .90-1.00. Nest of dead 

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