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the legs and feet also scarlet; claws dusky. The young 
in autumn plumage is white on the forehead, the region 
of the eyes, ear-coverts, nape, and hinder part of the neck 
are black; the back, scapulars, wing-coverts, primaries, and 
secondaries gull-grey, barred with black on all except 
the primaries, by each feather having a crescent-shaped 
spot near its tip; the sides of the face, chin, and all the 
under parts are white; the grey on the primaries darker 
than the back; the beak, vermilion at the base and under 
mandible; the ridges of the upper mandible and the tip 
of the beak are dusky; legs and feet pale vermilion; claws 
dusky; the eyes brown. 
The egg fig. 293 is that of the Arctic Tern. 
