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•widens at the head, and passing over the eyes is continued by a nar- 
row stripe above the frontal base of the bill. 
Beak greenish yellow, darker towards the tip. Legs greenish 
yellow. 
Length, about 15 inches. 
„ ■ of bill, from gape, nearly inch. 
„ „ front, I inch 5 lines. 
„ of -wings', 5 inches 9 lines. 
,, of tail, 2 inches 3 liiies. 
„ of leg, from thigh to claw of middle toe, 7| inches, 
„ of tarsus, 2 inches. 
„ of middle toe, 3 inches 6 lines. 
„ of outer toe, 3 mches. 
„ of inner toe, 1 incli 9 lines, 
,, of hallux, 1 inch. 
This bird is said to be an inhabitarit of fre.sh-water swam})s. 
A living specimen was brought to Mr. Motley, which at first 
took any sort of animal food, such as chopped eggs, or dried 
meat, which was offered it ; after a while, however, it refused 
everything but small slirimps, and wdien the supply of these 
failed, it refused to return to its former diet, and died. 
Order Ansere,s. 
Fam. Laridec. 
Fab-fam. Sterninas. 
Geii. Sterna, 
Sterna cristata (Stepli.) (?). 
T}ialaa&eu9 pelecanoides (Gould). 
Above, front white, crown black, with a short crest of the same 
colour; back, neck, wings, and tail, light blueish gray. 
Below', white, feathers on flank wliite, with dusky markings. 
Feet jet black; bill dusky (perhaps yellow when fresh^ Iris 
bright yellow. 
Length, about 1 foot 5| inches, 
„ of bill, from gape, about 3f. inches.* 
,, „ front, about 3 iiicbes 4 lines. 
,, of tail, 6 inches. 
„ of wings, 18 inches. 
,, of tarsus, 1 inch. 
,, of middle tee, 1 inch 3 lines. 
,, of outer toe, 1 inch 1 line. 
„ of inner toe, barely 1 1 lines. 
* The tip of the bill in our specimens having been broken, the measurement of 
that part may probably not be quite correct. 
