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Birds of Ga7nhia. 
Ijengtlli 9 inches. Crown black; fdrehead white; tail white; 
"bill yellow; legis orange; 20 rcmigles. 
iS'. antillarum. LEAST TERN. 
Range. Temperate and Tropic^al North America to Central 
America; West Indies; West Africa. (H.L.) 
Lengitli 9 inches. Like mi)inl(i, liut the pearly colour of 
the mantle extends to th© tail. 
S. fluviatiUs. COMMON TERN. 
Range. Both sides of the Atla.ntic; Indian and African coasts 
in winter; Brazil, winter (H.L.) 
Length l.^i inches. Crown black; head white; tail white 
land g-rey; 'bill red, black at tip; log's red. 29 rettiigieis. 
S. u.acrur-a. ARCTIC TERN. 
Range. Arctic reg'ions. Temperate Europe and ,North 
America; Africa; and South America in winter. {H.L.) 
Lenp:th 15 inches. Crown black; head grey; primaries yith 
a narrow grey band on the inner webs. Otherwise like fluvialilis. 
S. dongaUi. ROSEATE TERN. 
Range. Coasts and islands of Western Europe; Africa; Asia; 
and Australia; Eastern NortJi America; West Indies. (H.L.) 
Length 16i inches. Breast rosy; bill black; legs red. 
l9. cantiaca. SANDWICH TERN. 
Range. West and Central Europe; Africa; North-west India; 
Eastern North America; West Indies in winter. (H.L.) 
Length 15| inches. Head black; tail white; bill black with 
yellow tip; e^s black. 
S. caspia. CASPIAN TERN. 
Range. Temperate Europe and Asia, Africa, Malayasia, Aus- 
tralia, New Zealand. (H.L.) 
Length 20 inches. Head black; tail white; primaries the 
same on both webs, that is, with no white stripe on the inner 
webs; "bill red; legs black. 33 remiges. 
S. maxima. ROYAL TERN. 
Range. North America and West Indies, Brazil and West 
Africa in winter. (H.L.) 
Length 18 to 20 inches. Like easpm, but the primaries 
have a white stripe on the inner webs; bill orang'6 yellow. 
S. miacsfhefa. SMALLER SOOTY TERN. 
Range. West Indies, Gulf of Mexico, African and Indian 
seas to China, Japan, Moluccas, North Australia and the Pacific Is- 
lands. (H.L.) 
Length 14 inches. Crown black; nape white; two of the 
toes only webbed to the claw. 
8. fuliginosa. SOOTY TERN. 
Range. Tropical and Juxta-tropical seas of the world. (H.L.) 
Length Ifi inches. Crown and nape black; all three toes 
webbed to the tip. These notes on the plumagie refer in all cases 
to the adult; there are great variations at different ages andi seasons.. 
