TERN. 129 



Inhabits Georgia; sometimes comes in small flocks to the ponds 

 in Burke Country : takes its prey on the wing, like the Swallow, 

 and frequently, in flying, dips the bill into the water. — Mr. Abbot. 

 This seems allied to the last described. 



44. -BROWN TERN. 



Sterna spadicea, Lid. Orn. ii. 807. Gm. Lin. i. 610. 

 Brown Tern, Gen. Syn. vi. 359. 



A TRIFLE less than the Noddy ; length fifteen inches, breadth 

 thirty-four. Bill two inches long, black; the plumage in general 

 reddish brown, paler beneath : between the legs and the vent white; 

 head, neck, and under parts plain ; the feathers of the back, and 

 wing coverts fringed at the ends with reddish white ; scapulars and 

 second quills tipped with white; under wing coverts and ridge of the 

 wing white; quills and tail dusky, the last forked, the shafts of both 

 white beneath; legs pale reddish brown, the claws black. In some 

 specimens the feathers of the neck and breast are margined with 

 dusky. — Inhabits Cayenne. 



45— DUSKY TERN. 



Sterna fuscata, hid. Orn. ii. 807. Lih.'i. 228. Gm. Lin. i. 610. 

 Sterna fusca, Bris. vi. 220. 7. t. 21. f. 1. Id. Svo. ii. 420. 

 Dusky Tern, Gen. Syn. vi. 360. 



SIZE of the Black Tern ; length eleven inches. Bill one inch 

 and a half, greyish brown, with a black tip; the head, throat, and 

 neck behind dusky brown ; back, rump, scapulars, and upper tail 

 coverts the same, but the feathers are margined with rufous ; fore 

 part of the neck and all beneath brown ; the lesser and middle wing- 

 coverts above dusky brown, the greater dusk}' ; under wing coverts 



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