Class II. BLACK TERN. 



ther, and of fuch an exquifite rich glofs, and fo 

 fine a white, that no fatin can be compared to it : 

 the back and wings of a pale grey : the tail fliort, 

 lefs forked than that of the former, and white : the 

 legs yellow : the irides du/ky. 



Thefe two fpecies are very delicate, and feem un- 

 able to bear the inclemency of the weather on our 

 fhores * during winter : for we obferve they quit 

 their breeding places at the approach of it j and 

 do not return till fpring. 



The manners, haunts, and food of this are the 

 fame with thofe of the former -> but thefe are far lefs 

 numerous. 



547, 



Larusniger(Meyvogelin)G*?/l L'Epouvantail. Briffbn av. 2 S^* Slack 



ner av. 588. J%. 589. VI. 211. tab. 20. fig. 1. 



Aldr. a<v. III. 35. Sterna fiflipes. Lin.fyfl. 228. 



The Scare Crow. Wil. orn. Sicelandis Glitter. Brunnich, 



353- 153- 



Our black cloven-footed Gull. Kleinote Moewe. Frifcb > \\. 



Idem. 354. 220. 



Raiijyn. a<v. 131. Idem. 132. Br. Zool. 145, 



No. 6. 



'T -V HIS is of a middle fize, between the firfl and Bescri?, 



A fecond fpecies. The ufual length is ten 

 inches ; the breadth twenty-four ; the weight two 

 ounces and a half. The head, neck, bread, and 



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