Cuass II. 
BLACK TERN. 
quit their breeding places at the approach of 
it, and do not return till spring. 
Their man- 
ners, haunts, and food, are the same with 
those of the former; but they are far less 
“numerous. 
Sterna fissipes. St. cauda e- 
marginata, corpore nigro, 
dorso cinereo. Lath. Ind. 
orn. 810. id. Syn. vi. 366. 
ad. Sup. i. 267. 
Larus niger (Meyvogelin) Ges- 
ner av. 588. fig. 589. 
Aldr. av.iii. 35. 
The Scare Crow. Wil. orn. 
ovas 
Our black cloyen-footed Gull. 
Idem. 354. 
Rai Syn. av. 131. Idem. 132. 
No. 6. 
L’Epouvantail. Brisson av. vi. 
211. tab. 20. fig. 1. Hist. 
dois. vill. 341. Pl. Eni. 
333. 
Sterna fissipes. Gm. Lin. 610. 
Sielandis Glitter. Brunnich, 
153. 
Kleinote Moewe. Frisch, ii. 
220. 
Br. Zool. 145. Tab. L.* 1. f. 
1. Arct. Zool. ii. 239. 
THIS is of a middle size, between the first and 
second species. The usual length is ten inches ; 
the breadth twenty-four ; the weight two ounces 
and a half. The head, neck, breast, and belly, 
as far as the vent, are black; beyond is white ; 
the male has a white spot under its chin ; the 
back and wings are of a deep ash color; the 
tail is short and forked ; the exterior feather on 
each side is white; the others ash colored; the 
legs and feet are ofa dusky red. Mr. Ray calls 
199 
3. Buacx. 
DESCRIPs 
TION. 
