366 TERN. 



-under parts and tail white, the laft forked: the quills are afh- co- 

 loured, except the firft and fecond, which are very long, and 

 brown : legs faffron-colour : claws black. 

 Male and female alike. 

 Place and This is a Ruffian bird: comes from beyond the Black Sea, in 



fpring, in pairs ; and is firft feen about one hundred werfts from 

 Weronetz. Builds in June. Lays, for the moft part, two eggs. 

 Frequents the water like other Terns. Flies high, and fwift j and 

 is difficult to be fhot, except the fportfman firft moots one of 

 fome other fpecies, which, being thrown up into the air, entices 

 the bird to come nearer *. It returns from whence it came in 

 autumn. 



22. Sterna fiffipes, Lin. Syjl. i. p. 228. 7. — Brun. N° 153. 



+■ BLACK T. Larus merulinus, Scop. Ann. i. N° 108 ? 



L'Hirondel!e-de-Mer noire, ou l'Epouvantail, Brif. Orn. VS. p. 211, 4.— 



Buf. Oif. viii. p. 341. — PL Enl. 333. 

 Scare-Crow, Rati Syn. p. 131. A. 3. — Will. Orn. p. 353. pi. 68. 

 Larus niger iidipes, Sec. Rail Syn. p. 131. 4. A. 6. 

 Cloven-footed Gulls, Will. Orn. p. 354. § 4. 6. pi. 78. 

 Black Tern, Br. Zool. N° 256.—^?. Zool. N° 450. 

 Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 



Description. C IZ E between the common and lejfer Terns : length ten inches : 



breadth twenty-four : weight two ounces and a half. Bill 



black : head, neck, and body, footy black : back, wings, and 



tail, deep afh-colour; the laft lefs forked than in either of the 



others : vent and under tail coverts white : the outer feather of 



• This pra&ice is often ufed by the Britijb fpecies, as well as thofe of the 

 Gull tribe. 



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