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Leffer Sea Swallow. Raii. Syn. p. 131. A. 2. 
Will. Orn. p. 353. pl. 68. 
Albin. 2. pl. go. 
La petite Hirondelle-de-Mer. Brif. Orn. 6. p. 206. 2. pl. 19. figs 2. 
Buff. Oif. 8. p. 337. 
- Pl. enl. 996. 
Larus Pifcator. Gefn. av. 587. fig. 588. 
Hetting Terne. Brun. 152. | 

Five {pecies of this tribe of birds are natives of this country, if we 
include the Brown Tern mentioned by Mr. Latham as a doubtful 
kind, and not noticed by Mr. Pennant. The three Terns defcribed 
in the Britifh Zoology are the Greater or Common*, Black t, and 
Leffer Terns: the two former being in the early. part of this work 
we deem it unneceffary to defcribe them in this place: the latter, 
which is the fubject reprefented in the annexed plate, is rather {maller 
than the Brown enn the body is confiderably lefs; but the wings 
are nearly as long, meafuring between the tips when expanded 
twenty inches: the length is about eight inches and an half. 
The haunts and manners of this bird are nearly the fame as thofe 
of the Common Tern; it feeds on fmall Fifh and Infeéts, lives on 
the fides of rivers, or on the fea coaft, and breeds amongtt the rufhes. 
The egg is about an inch and a half in length, of an olive colour with 
reddifh blotches. They leave their breeding-places at the approach 

* Sterna Hirunds. + Sterna Fiffipes. 
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