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LITTLE TERN. 



(Sterna miniita.) 



St. corpore alho, dorso cano,fronte superciliisque albis 

 Tern with the body white, the back hoary, the forehead and eye- 

 brows white. 



Sterna minuta. Linn, Syst. Nat. 1. 228. Gmel. Syst. Nat, 1. 



608. La%. Ind. Orn. 2. 809. 

 Sterna minor, Briss. Orn. 6. 206.^/. 19.,/. 2. 

 Sterna metopoleucos. Gmel. Syst. Nat. I. 608. Lath, hid, 



Orn. 2. 809. 

 Larus piscator Aldrovandi. Raii Syn. 101. A» 

 La petite Hirondelle de mer. Biiff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 8. 337* 



Buff, PL Enl. 996. Temm. ynan. d'Orn. 487. Id. 2 Edit. ii. 



753. Cuv. Reg. Anim, 1. 521. 

 Hooded Tern. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 365. 



Lesser Tern. Penn. Brit. Zool. 2. 255. pi. 90. Penn, Arct. 

 Zool. 2. 449. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 364. Letio. Brit. Birds, 6. 

 pi. 205. Wale. Syn. l.pl. 121. Don. Brit. Birds, 4. pi. 96. 

 Mont, Orn. Diet. 2. and Supp. Bew. Brit. Birds, 2. 20]. 

 Wils. Amer. Orn. vii. 80. pU Ix.y! 2. i^^x/^. Gen. Hist. x. 

 120. 



Between eight and nine inches in length : the 

 beak is of an orange-yellow, with its tip black : irides 

 black : the forehead, and a streak above the eyes, 

 pure white : between the beak and the eye is a lon- 

 gitudinal stripe of black : the top of the head, the 

 occiput, and the head are deep black : the back and 

 wings are of a pure ashy-blue : all the under parts, the 

 rump, and the tail are white : the shafts of the quills 

 are brown : the legs are reddish-orange. The youngs 

 before the first autumnal moult, have the forehead of 



