PisAw Eh Ew Cx. 
STERNA SANDVICENCIS. 
SANDWICH TERN, 
ANSERES, 
Bill obtufe, covered with a thin membrane, broad, gibbous below 
the bafe, fwelled at the apex. Tongue flefhy. Legs naked. Feet 
webbed or finned. 
GENERIC CHARACTER, 
Bill ftrait, flender, pointed. ‘Noftrils linear, Tongue flender and 
fharp. Wings very long. A fmall back toe. ‘Tail forked, 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
AND 
SYNONYMS, 
White. Back and wings pale, hoary, lead colour. Upper part 
of the head black; front fpeckled and white. Outer margins of 
the quill feathers black. | Shafts white. 
STERNA SANDVICENSIS. Lath. Suppl. Gen. Syn. 
STERNA Poysir: alba, dorfo alif{que canis, pileo nigro, fronte ma- 
culis albis, remigibus nigricantibus fcapo albos 
Lath. Ind. Orn, 2. 806. 10. 
isl : Sterna 
