196 - 
COMMON TERN. 
Cuass IL 
GENUS XXI. TERN.* 
Bit strait, slender, pointed. 
NostTRILs linear. 
Toncuz slender and sharp. 
Wines very long. 
Tait forked. 
ToeEs: a small back toe. 
t. Common. Sterna Hirundo. St. cauda for- 
ficata, rectricibus duabus ex- 
timis albo nigroque dimidia- 
tis. Lath. Ind. orn. 807. id. 
Syn. vi. 361. 
Sterna (Stirn, Spyrer, Schnir- 
ring). Gesner av. 5860. 
Aldr. av. iil. 35. 
The Sea Swallow. Wil. orn. 
352. 
Rau Syn. av. 131. 
Sterna major, la grande Hi- 
rondelle de mer. Brisson av. 
vi. 203. tab. 19. fig. 1. Hist. 
@ois. vill. 331. Pl. Enl. 
087. 
Sterna hirundo. Gm. Lin. 606. 
Tarna. Faun. Suec. sp. 159. 
The Kirmew. Maréen’s Spitz- 
berg. 92. 
Islandis Kria. NorvegisTenne, * 
Tende, Tendelobe, Sand- 
Tolle, Sand-Tzrrne. Danis 
Terne. Bornholmis Kirre, 
Krop-Kirre. Brunnich, 151. 
Grauer fischer. Kram. 345. 
Schwartzplattige Schwalben- 
Moewe. Frisch, ii. 219. 
Makauka. Scopoli, No. 3. 
Greater Tern. Br. Zool. 144. 
Tab. L*. Arct. Zool. ii. 238. 
* A name these birds are known by in the North of England, 
and which we substitute instead of the old compound one of 
Sea Swallow, which was given them on .account of their forked 
tails. 
