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WHITE-WINGED VIRALVE. 



dusky, pointed at the back part ; tail moderately 

 forked : legs dusky red. Called Peteysee Tehary." 



WHITE-WINGED VIRALVE. 

 ( Viral va leucoptera.) 



Vi. capites collo, pectore ventreque nigris ; scapular iis cinereo 

 atris ; uropygio caudaque albis; tectricihus 7najoribus, remi- 

 gibusque secundariis ccerulescente-cinereisj rostro pedibusque 

 rubris. 



Viralve with the head, neck, breast, and belly black, the scapulars 

 dark-ash : the rump and tail white j the greater coverts and 

 secondary quills bluish-ash ; the beak and legs red. 



Sterna leucoptera. Temm. man. d'Orn. 483. Id. 2 Edit. ii. 747. 



Hirondelle de mer leucoptere. Ibid. 



White-winged Tern. Lath. Gen. Hist. x. 127' 



Length about ten inches : the beak and legs are 

 of a fine coral red : the head, neck, top of the back, 

 breast, belly, inner wing-coverts, and abdomen are of 

 a deep black : the lower part of the back and sca- 

 pulars are ashy-black : the lesser and middle wing- 

 coverts, the rump, the tail-feathers, and its coverts 

 are pure white : the greater wing-coverts and se- 

 condary quills are bluish-ash : on the inner webs of 

 the two first quills is a broad longitudinal band of 

 pure white : the irides are black. The young of the 

 year have the white on the wings less pure, and more 

 shaded with ash-colour : the tail-feathers are ash- 

 coloured : the point of the beak is blackish : the black 



