Class II. GREAT TERN. 



S4S 



BILL (trait, (lender, pointed. 

 NOSTRILS linear. 

 TONGUE (lender and (harp. 

 WINGS very long. 

 TAIL forked. 

 TOES, a (mall back toe. 



XLIV. 

 TERN*. 



Sterna (Stirn, Spyrer, Schnir- 



ring) Gefner av. 586. 

 Aldr. av. III. 35. 

 The Sea Swallow. Wil. orn. 



3S 2 - 

 Rati Jyn. a<v. 131. 



Sterna major, la grande Hi- 

 rondelle de mer. Brifion a<v. 

 VI. 203. tab. 19. fig. I. 



Sterna hirundo. Lin.fyfi. 227. 



Tarna. Faun. Suec. fp. 159. 



The KIrmeWi mdrtwU Spzfe- 254. Great. 



berg. 92. 

 Ifiandis Kria. Norvegis Tenne, 



Tende, Tendelobe, Sand- 



Tolle, Sand-Tserrne. Danis 



Tsrne. Bornholmis Kirre, 



Krop-Kirre. Brunnich, 151. 

 Grauer fifcher. Kram. 345. 

 Schwartzplattige Schwalben 



Moewe. Frifch, II. 219. 

 Br. Zool. 144. 

 Makauka. Scopoli, No. 3. 



THIS kind weighs four ounces, one-quarter .- B e $cri?< 

 the length is fourteen inches \ the breadth 

 thirty : the bill and feet are of a fine crimfon % 

 the former tipt with black, (trait, (lender, and (harp- 

 pointed : the crown, and hind part of the head, 

 black : the throat, and whole under fide of the 



* A name thefe birds are known by in the North of Eng* 

 land ; and which we fubltitute inllead of the old compound 

 one of Sea Swallow ; which was given them on account of 

 their forked tails, 



body* 



