OF LA. T issL XXIV. 
Oo 2 RO Nag ob POS Sel PE S. 
BoA Cy Rey Te RN. 
ANSERES. 
Bill obtufe, covered with a thin membrane, broad, gibbous below 
the bafe, {welled at the apex. ‘Tongue flefhy. Legs naked. Feet 
webbed or finned. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Bill ftrait, flender, pointed. Noftrils narrow. Tongue flender 
and fharp. Wings very long. ‘Tail forked. A {mall back toe. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
Head. Neck, breaft and belly as far as the vent black. Back 
and wings dark grey. Legs reddifh black. 
STERNA FIssrres. Linn. Syfi. Le p298. 7: edit..1% 1766. 
Larus Niger (Meyvogelin) Gefner av. 558. figs 539. 
Larus Niger fidipedes. Raii Syn. p. 131. 4. A. 6. 
Larus Merulinus. Scop. Ann. I. N° 108? 
Sterna Nigra, Sepp Vog. pl. in p. 131. 
Brack Tern. Penn. Br. Zool. N° 256. 
—— Arét. Zool, N° 450. 
Lath. Gen. Syn. vol. 6. 366. fp. 22 + 
Suppl. 267. 

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