Terns and Skimmer 



75. Sooiy T^vn {SUma fuhginosa). L. 17. ^ds., 



summsT. Above blackish, foreliead and underparts 

 white; tail black, except outer feathers which are 

 mostly white. Yng. Sooty slate; linings of wings 

 white; scapulars, upper tail coverts, and tail feathers 

 tipped with white. l^oUs. A squeaky quack, a nasal 

 keT-wacky-wak, and Other calls 



Range,— "Tropical and subtropfcal coasts of (he e'obe. In Ainer- 

 katrom Chill to western Mexico aad ttie CaroUnasi and »&UAlly to 

 New England." (A. O. U.) 



77i Black Tern [Uydrochelidon nigra surinamensis). 

 L. 10. Ads., sunsmsr... Head and underparts black; 

 back, wings, and tail slate. Ads., tcinl^r. Forehead, 

 nape, and underparts white; head gray. Yng. Simi- 

 lar to last, but above with brownish margin^. Notes. 

 A sharp peak. 



Range. — Temperate and tropical America; breed e In interior (rom 

 California. Kansas, and lllinolE to AUslca; irregular migrant on Atlan- 

 tic coast from New Brunswick southward; winters south of United 

 Slmes to Chill. 



79. Noddy (Anous stolidus). L. 15. Ads. Crown 



silvery whi*"e; rest of plumage sooty brown. Vug. Sim- 

 ilar, but al! c>goty brown except white line from bill to 

 eye. NoUi. A low reedy cadi increasing to a hoarc ;, 

 guttural hr-r-r-f'T-T-T. 



Range .-Tropical and subtropical reBlons; In America from Brazil 

 and Chill north to the Gulf and South Atlantic States." (A. O. U.) 



80. ^\aok%V\mmev{Rytu:kops nigra). L. iS. Adx 



Lower mandible longer iban upper; forehead, under- 

 parts, part of secondaries, and tail white; rest of plum 

 age black. Yng. Plumage widely margined with 

 buffy. NoUs. Varied, nasal, penny-trompet-like; 

 also ca-jyou, ca-you, like a hound's voice. 



Range.— North America, chiefly eastern; breeds from southern 

 New Jersey southward; wanders rarely to Nova Scotia- winters from 

 Gulf States to northern South America- 



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