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NODDY TEEN. 
In the more marshy districts of the European con- 
tinent this tern is also found, most abundant in 
Holland and Hungary, and it is known to reach to 
the north-eastern Asiatic boundary. The American 
bird is identical and there frequent. 
Head and back of the neck black, shading on the 
throat, breast, and belly, to deep blackish grey; 
vent and under tail-covers white ; in like manner 
the black on the upper parts shades into deep 
bluish grey, which is nearly of a uniform tint over 
the wings and tail ; the outer web of the first quill 
is black, a narrow pale list bordering the edge of 
the inner ; bill black ; feet and legs reddish black, 
the palmations of the toes very deeply cut, claws 
comparatively long. 
The plumage of winter is described as being white 
on the crown, back of the neck, cheeks, throat, and 
fore part of the neck. In the young the under plu- 
mage is entirely white. 
The Noddy Teen, Sterna stolida. — The 
Noddy Tern, Noddy, or Black Noddy, of British 
authors . — The last tern we have to describe as British 
has only lately been noticed, two specimens having 
been recorded as obtained between the Tasker light- 
house, off the coast of Wexford, and Dublin Bay. It 
appears also to be occasionally seen off the coast of 
France, but its precarious appearance is such that 
it can only be esteemed as a straggling visitant to 
any parts of the European coasts. It is a North 
