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ROSEATE TERN. 



(Sterna Dougallii.) 



St. vertice nuchdque nigris, corpore supr^ ccerulescente'cincreo, 

 , subtus rosaceo-albo, remige prima nigro marginato ; rectricibus 



dudbics exterioribus longissimis, angustis, tenuissimisque. 

 Tern with the vertex and nape black, the body above bluish-ash, 



beneath rosy-white, the first quill edged with white, the two 



outer tail-feathers very long and narrow. 

 Roseate Tern. — Sterna Dougallii. Mont, Orn. Diet. Supp. with 



fig. Lath. Gen. Hist. x. 1 13. 

 Hirondelle de mer Dougallii. Temm. man. d'Orn. 2 Edit. ii. 738. 

 JJ Hirondelle de mer rosee. Vieil. 2 Edit, de Noiiv. Diet. d*Hist. 



Nat. t. 32. p. 174. 



Montagu has given the following description of 

 this new and beautiful species. Length fifteen 

 inches and a half : the beak one inch five-eighths long 

 to the feathers on the forehead, slender, slightly 

 curved, and of a jet black colour, except at the base, 

 which is of a bright orange, extending about the 

 eighth of an inch on the upper mandible from the 

 corner of the mouth, round the front, and round the 

 nostrils, and on the under mandible, extending from 

 the angle of the mouth along the sides as far as the 

 feathers on the chin, and rather beyond on the under 

 part : the inside of the mouth and throat bright 

 orange, becoming darker towards the end of the 

 beak : irides black : the tongue one half the length 

 of the beak, of a pale red colour, and bifurcated at 

 the point : the forehead, crown, hind part, and sides 

 of the head, taking in the eyes, except a small por- 



