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2. LESSER. 
DEScCRIP- 
TION. 
‘LESSER TERN. 
St. cauda for- 
ficata, corpore albo, dorso 
Sterna minuta. 
cano, fronie superciliisque 
albis. Lath. Ind. orn. 809. 
id. Syn. vi. 364. 
Larus piscator (Fischerlin, 
Fel.) Gesner av. 587. fig. 
588. : 
Aldr. av. iit. 35. 
Lesser Sea Swallow. W721. orn. 
Cuass II. 
‘Rai Syn. av. 131. 
La petite Hirondelle de mer. 
Brisson av. vi. 206. tab. 19. 
Jig. 2. Hist. dois. viii. 337. 
Pl, Enl. 996. 
Sterna minuta. Gm. Lin. 608. 
Hetting Teerne. 
152. 
Br. Zool. 144. Tab. L. 2. Arct. 
Zool. ii. 239. 
Brunnich, 
353. ; 
"THE weight of this species is only two ounces 
five grains; the length eight inches and a half; 
the breadth nineteen and a half. The bill 
is yellow, tipt with black; the forehead and 
cheeks white; from the eyes to the bill is a 
black line; the top of the head, and hind part 
black; the breast and under side of the body 
cloathed with feathers so closely set together, 
and of such an exquisite rich gloss, and so fine 
a white, that no satin can be compared to it: 
the back and wings are of a pale grey; the tail 
short, less forked than that of the former, and 
white; the legs yellow; the irides dusky. 
These two species are very delicate, and seem 
unable to bear the inclemency of the weather on 
our shores* during winter; for we observe they 
* North Wales. 
