35& 



TERN. 



7' 

 •f- Var. A. 



Description. 



Place. 



T ENGTH thirteen inches. Bill two inches, black: from 

 the forehead to the middle of the crown, the fides of the 

 head, the neck all round, and all the under parts, from chin to 

 vent, and under wing coverts, white: the reft of the crown and 

 nape dufky, ending in a point, and a little mottled on the edges 

 with white : the back and wings deep afh-colour, nearly black : 

 the fhafts of the quills above are chefnut ; beneath white ; as is. 

 alfo the outer web of the firft : tail the colour of the back, but 

 paler, not greatly forked, and is much fhorter than the wings : 

 legs black. 



This flew aboard a fhip in the run from the Madeiras to the 

 Weft Indies. 



8. 

 EGYPTIAN T. 



Description. 



Place. 



Sterna Nilotica, HaJJelq. It. p. 273. N° 41. 



CIZE of a Pigeon. Bill black: head and upper part of the 

 neck afh-colour, marked with fmall blackifh fpots : round 

 the eyes black, dotted with white : back, wings, and tail, afh- 

 colour : the outer quills deep afh-colour : all the under parts 

 white : legs flefh-colour : claws black. 



Inhabits Egypt : found in flocks in January, efpecially about 

 Cairo. Feeds oriinfetfs, /mall fijli, &c. May be found frequent 

 among other birds, on the mud left by the overflowing of the 

 river Nile. 



■*- SANDWICH 

 T. 



Description. 



ENGTH eighteen inches. Bill two inches ; colour black, 

 with the tip horn-colour: tongue half the length of the bill : 





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