118 TERN. 



quills and part of the prime ones tipped with white, forming, when 

 the wing is closed, a narrow bar ; the tail very much forked, and is 

 greatly exceeded by the wings in length ; legs crimson. 



From the drawings of Mr. Dent, the country not mentioned : we 

 have also seen a similar one in other drawings, done in India, but in 

 this the crown was black. 



24— BLACK-EYED TERN. 



LENGTH above nine inches. Bill one inch and a quarter, deep 

 red, or crimson ; forehead, sides, and all beneath white; the crown 

 black, spotted with white; back of the head and nape black, curving 

 behind the eye, which is placed in the posterior part of an oval patch 

 of black, giving the appearance of the eye having a black spot before 

 it; plumage on the upper parts, and the wings pale cinereous grey; 

 quills white, with dusky ends^ the greater black ; tail even at the 

 end, and exceeded in length by the quills, by full one inch and a 

 half; legs the colour of the bill. — Inhabits India. — Sir J. Anstruther. 



25— WAVED TERN. 



LENGTH twelve inches. Bill stout, dull yellow, tip dusky; 

 i rides brown, surrounded with dusky before and beneath, and con- 

 tinuing behind for one inch ; plumage above pale cinereous grey, or 

 dove-colour; the crown marked with short dusky streaks, the feathers 

 of the back and wings margined at the ends with pale buff, bounded 

 within with dusky, like waves; greater quills and tail darker ; inside 

 of the quills white ; tail forked, the outer feather exceeding the middle 

 one by one inch and a quarter; the quills do not reach quite to the 

 end of the tail ; legs stout, of a moderate length, dusky orange; 

 claws black.-- — Inhabits India. From the drawings of General 

 Hardwicke. Probably allied to the Black-eyed Species. 



