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ORDER III. GENUS II. TERN. 



Bill, ftraight, flender, pointed. 

 Nostrils, linear. 

 Tongue, flender and lharp. 

 Wings, very long. 

 Back toe, fmall. 

 Tail, forked. 



SPECIES I. SANDWICH TERN. 

 PI. 204. 



This is the largeft of our terns, being eighteen inches in length. The bill 

 is of a dark horn«-colour : eyes, hazel : top of the head, black : throat, and 

 under parts of the body, white : back, wings, and tail, of a light lead colour : 

 firft quill feathers, black, with a lighter margin : tail, long, and forked : legs, 

 and feet, black. 



It is pretty common on the fhores of Kent and Suffolk in the fummer, and 



.is found to aflbciate with the common tern, which it moft refembles in note 



and manner, though it may be diftinguiihed by its iuperior fize, and fhorter 



fcream. It lays four eggs on the ground, without any neft, on the flat lands, 



near the fea, in June. See PI. XLII1. Fig, 1. 



