TERN. 



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12— STRIATED TERN. 



Sterna striata, bid. Orn. ii. 807. Gm. Lin. i. 609. Tern. Man. Ed. ii. 737. 

 Striated Tern, Gen. Syn. vi. 351. 10. pi. 91. 



SIZE uncertain, supposed about twelve inches. Bill black ; 

 irides lead-colour; crown and sides of the head below the eyes white, 

 mottled with black ; the back part of the head and nape black ; 

 neck behind, back, and scapulars, white, transversely waved with 

 black ; many of the feathers being tipped with that colour ; wing 

 coverts bluish white, some of the lesser mottled with black ; quills 

 the same, with the outer margins black; tail white, shorter than 

 the wings, some of the feathers edged, and others tipped with black ; 

 legs lead-colour. 



Inhabits the Sea Shores of New Zealand, found there by Dr. J. 

 R. Forster. From the drawings of Sir Joseph Banks : is probably 

 a young bird, not in complete plumage. 



13.— WHITE TERN. 



Sterna alba, Lid. Om.u. 808. Gm. Lin. i. 607. Mus. Carls, fasc. i. t. 11. 



Sterna Candida, Gm. Lin. i. 607. 



White Tern, Gen. Syn. vi. 363. Id. Sup. 266. Portl. Voy. pi. p. 312. 



LENGTH thirteen inches, breadth thirty. Bill slender, black ; 

 eyelids the same; plumage white, but the shafts of the scapulars, 

 quills and tail, except the three outer feathers, are black : the last 

 forked, and shorter than the wings, by an inch ; legs brown, webs 

 orange; claws black. Some have a mixture of brown on the head. 



Inhabits Christmas Island, and other parts of the South Seas ; 

 seen also off the Island of St. Helena. 



