STERNA ROSEA. 
ROSEATE TERN. 
Generic Character. See & Boisii. 
Sterna Rosea, corpore rosea^ dorso cinerea^ cauda 
forficata,, alba 
Roseate Tern. Body beneath rosy,, back cinereous^ 
tail forked^ white. 
Sterna Dougallii. Sup. Mont. Orn, Diet, 
Hirondelle-de-mer Dougall. Temm. Man. Orn, 
ed. 2. pt. 2. p. 758. 
For the discovery of this elegant addition to our native 
birds, we are indebted to our highly respected friend the 
late Dr. P. iM^Dougall, of Glasgow, in compliment to 
whom the late Mr. Montagu gave to the species the name of 
Dougallii, which we would willingly have retained, had there 
been no specific name by which the species might be im- 
mediately identified; but as this fashionable method of 
nomenclature, (however complimentary) does not tend to 
the illustration of the science, particularly as specifically 
applied, we have ventured to alter the specific name to that 
of Rosea, which will readily distinguish it from all the British, 
as well as every known species of Tern. 
Dr. M^Dougall in communicating this species^ accom- 
panied it with the annexed drawing, executed under his 
