110 TERN. 



14— EGYPTIAN TERN. 



Sterna Nilotiea, Ind. Orn. ii. 806. Got. Lin. i. 606. Hasselq. It. 273. Id. Voy. 202. 41 . 

 Egyptian Tern, Gen. Syn. vi. 356. 



SIZE of a Pigeon. Bill black ; the head and upper part of the 

 neck ash-colour, marked with small blackish spots ; round the eye 

 black, dotted with white; back, wings, and tail, ash-colour; outer 

 quills the same, but darker ; all the under parts white ; legs flesh- 

 colour; claws black. 



Inhabits Egypt; found in flocks in January, especially about 

 Cairo; it feeds on insects, small fish, &c. ; seen frequently, among 

 other birds, on the mud, left by the overflowing of the River Nile: 

 the Arabs call it Abumere. 



15.— MUSTACHOE TERN. 



Sterna leucopareia, Hirondelle de Mer Moustache, Tern. Man. Ed. 2d. 746. 



LENGTH eleven inches. Bill and legs deep red ; irides black ; 

 top of the head and nape, the neck, and all the under parts white; 

 behind the eyes a spot of black ; the back, wings, quills, and tail 

 cinereous grey. Male and female much alike. 



The young have a mixture of brown on the crown, and about the 

 eyes and ears dusky ash; upper parts mixed with brown and Isabella; 

 bill brown, with the base reddish ; legs flesh-colour. 



Inhabits Germany, in the southern parts of Hungary ; found 

 also on the Coasts of Istria and Dalmatia, and has once been killed 

 on the Coast of Picardy ; said to frequent the marshes, and to feed 

 on aquatic worms, but not on fish. 



