STERNA NIGRA. 
158 
about tbo Irtish.# With the former, it inhabits 
shores of England during the summer, where it brc®|5 
and migrates, as it does hero, to the south, as the cO* 
of autumn approaches. 
This species is nine and a half inches long, and tvyeo? 
inches in extent; bill, bright reddish yellow; nostt'’ 
pervious ; lower mandible, angular ; front, wh>*^’ 
reaching in two narrow points over the eye; cro"'®’ 
band through the eye and hindhead, black, tapering j 
a point as it descends ; cheeks, sides of the neck s’* 
whole lower parts, of the most rich and glossy 
like the brightest satin; upper parts of the back 
wings, a pale glossy ash or light le.ad colour ; the oR*'’ 
edges of the three exterior primaries, black, their i'"'. 
edges, white; tail, pale ash, but darker than the bat ' 
and forked, the two outer feathers an inch lonS^ 
tapering to a point ; legs and feet, reddish yellt)’ ' 
webbed feet, claws, and hind toe, exactly formed h*' 
those of the preceding. The female nearly resenjbw 
the male, with the exception of having the two exter’”' 
tail-feathers shorter. 
250. STua.va x/ckj, lixs^cs. — sterna rzvitBEA, wilsO’*' 
SHOUT-TAILED TERN. 
WILSON, PLATE LX. FIG. III. 
A specimen of this bird was first sent me by 
Beasley of Cape May ; but being in an imperfect st»’ ’ 
I could form no correct notion of the species, sometiip^^ 
supposing it might be a young bird of the preccdi’k 
tern. Since that time, however, I have had an opP’*'^ 
tunity of procuring a considerable number of this 
kind, corresponding- almost exactly with each 
On the 6th of September, 1812, after a violent 
east storm, which inundated the meadows of ScbuylR'^j 
in many places, numerous flocks of this tern ’ 
* Pennant. 
