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31— KAMTSCHATKAN TERN. 



Sterna nrevia, Lin. i. 228. Gm. Lin. i. G09. Bris. vi. 216. t. 20. f. 2. Id. 8vo. ii. 



418. Borowsk. iii. 54. 4. /^n. Helv. Tern. Man. Ed. 2d. 751. 

 Rallus Lariformis, Scop. i. No. 15G. Klein, 103. 3. 



Die gefleckte Meerschwalbe, Bechsl. Deuts. ii. 831. Id. Ed. 2d. iv. 688. 

 La Guifette, Btif. viii. 339. PI. enl. 924. 



Cloven-footed Gull, A/bin, ii. pi. 82. Id. pi. 90. — Lesser Sea Swallow. 

 Kamtschatkan Tern, Arcl. Zool. ii. 525. A. Gen. Syn. vi. 358. 9. A. Bewick, ii. 207. 



ZJr. Zool. 1812. ii. 201. 



LENGTH eleven inches and a half. Bill dusky; back of the 

 head and nape black, the feathers edged with brown ; behind the 

 eye a crescent of black ; the rest of the head, neck, and under parts, 

 white; back and wings bluish brown, edges of the feathers paler; 

 outer part of the wing blue grey; tail very little forked, and the 

 wings exceed it in length ; legs dusky brown. 



This inhabits Kamtschatka, and is now and then met with in this 

 kingdom : is probably allied to the Black Species. 



32.— BLACK-HEADED TERN. 



Sterna nigra, hid. Om. ii. 810. Lin. \. 227. Fn. s uec. No. 159. Muller, \71. Georgi, 



171. Borowsk. iii. p. 52. 2. 

 Sterna obscura, Gm. Lin. i. 608. hid. Om. ii. 810. Tern. Man. d'Orn. 484. 

 — — — atricapilla, Bris. vi. 214. Id. 8vo. ii. 418. 

 ■ fusca, Raii, 131. t. 15 ? 



Die graue Meerschwalbe, Bechst. Deutsch. ii. 836. 

 Brown Tern, Bewick, ii. 208. Gen. Syn. vi. 368. 

 Lesser Sea Swallow, Albin, ii. pi. 89. Gen. Syn. vi. 367. 22. A. 



THIS is a trifle bigger than the last; length nine inches and a 



half. Bill black ; head, neck, and breast the same; round the eyes 



a few grey feathers ; back, rump, scapulars, and upper wing coverts 



ash-colour; lower part of the breast, the belly, thighs, under wing 



coverts, and vent white; quills deep coloured at the end ; tail as the 



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