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SIMPLE VIRALVE. 



nape: below the eyes is a large patch of white, 

 resembling a mustachoe, which readies to the ears : 

 the throat is ashy-white, and this colour prevails over 

 the under parts, becoming deeper on the belly and 

 sides : the upper parts, the wings, and tail are deep 

 ash. The young have a mixture of brown on the 

 crown, and about the eyes and ears dusky-ash : the 

 upper parts are mixed with brown and yellowish: 

 the beak is brown with a reddish base : the legs flesh- 

 colour. 



Common in the great marshes of the south-east of 

 Europe, and found also in Hungary, Germany, and 

 France, the coasts of Istria and Dalmatia. It feeds 

 on aquatic vermes and insects, but not on fish. 



SIMPLE VIRALVE. 



( Viral va simplex.) 



Vi. plumbescens subtus alba, vertice albidoj tcctricibus alarum 



mediis majoribusque albis. 

 Plumbeous Viralve beneath white;, with the crown whitish, the 



middle and greater wing-coverts white. 

 Sterna simplex. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 606. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 



805. 



Simple Tern, Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 355. Lath. Gen. Hist. x. ill. 



Inhabits Cayenne. Length fifteen inches : beak 

 stout and reddish : the crown of the head is whitish : 

 the upper parts of the neck and back are pale lead- 

 colour ; the under parts are white : behind each eye 



