TERN. 



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GENUS CIII— TERN. 



1 Caspian Tern 

 A Var. 



B Var. 

 C Var. 



2 Crested 



3 Sooty 



4 New-Holland 



5 Tehary 



6 Brown-bellied 



7 Noddy 



8 Philippine 



9 Sandwich 

 A Var. 

 B Var. 



10 African 



1 1 White-browed 



12 Striated 



13 White 



14 Egyptian 



15 Mustachoe 



16 Simple 



17 Marsh 



18 Gull-billed 

 A Var. 



19 Roseate 



20 Common 



21 Arctic 



22 Wreathed 

 A Var. 



23 Crimson-billed 



24 Black-eyed 



25 Waved 



26 Su mat ran 



27 Grey 



28 Panayan 

 A Var. 



29 Minute 



30 Black 



31 Kamtscatchan 



32 Black-headed 



33 Cinereous 



34 Surinam 



35 Chinese 



36 Javan 



37 Black-naped 



38 Hoary 



39 Southern 



40 White-winged 



41 Cayenne 



42 Dove-coloured 



43 Georgian 



44 Brown 



45 Dusky 



46 Short-tailed 



BlRDS of this Genus have a straight, slender, and pointed bill. 

 Tongue slender, sharp. 

 Wings long. Tail forked. 

 Feet webbed, weak, back toe small. 



].— CASPIAN TERN. 



Sterna Caspia, Ind. Orn. ii. 803. Gm. Lin. i. 603. N. C. Petr. xiv. 582. t. 22. Act. 



Holm. 1782. iii. 221. Fn. suec. Retz. p. 126. 

 Sterna Tschegrava, N. C. Petr. xiv. 500. t. 13. 2. Sonn. Buf. xxiv. p. 117. 

 Sterna maggiore, Gerin. v. 540. 

 Larus atricilla, N. C. Petr. xv. 478. t. 22. f. 2. 



Caspische Meerschwalbe, Bechst. Deuts. ii. 825. Id. Ed.2d. iv. 675. 

 Caspian Tern, Gen. Syn. vi. p. 350. Arct. Zool. ii. 526. B. Id. Sup. p. 70. Phil. 



Voy. 160. pi. p. 77. 



LENGTH twenty-two inches ; breadth three feet or more. Bill 



crimson; irides dusky; forehead, crown, hindhead, and round the 



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