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431. 3. Sterna Cantiaca, Gmel. Sandwich Tern. 
Plate CCLXXIX. Adult. 
Bill considerably longer than the head, rather slender^ black, with the 
tips yellow ; inside of mouth deep blue ; feet black; wings longer than the 
tail, which is deeply forked ; upper part of head and hind neck bluish- 
black ; sides of head, neck all round, and the rest of the lower parts 
white, the sides and breast tinged with pink ; fore part of back, sca- 
pulars, and upper surface of wings pale greyish-blue ; the tips and 
greater part of the inner webs of the scapulars and quills white, as are 
the rump and tail ; the four outer quills blackish, but covered with 
light grey down on the outer webs, and over a considerable extent of 
the inner, their shafts white. Young, after the first moult, of a light 
greyish-blue on the upper parts, the feathers tipped and banded in an 
undulating manner with brownish-black ; the upper part of the head 
and hind neck brownish-black mottled with white ; quills as in the 
adult ; tail grey, with irregular blackish markings towards the tips of 
the feathers ; lower parts of a much lighter pale grey ; bill and feet 
black. 
Adult y 16 1, 83|. 
From Texas, during spring and summer, to the Floridas, where it 
breeds in great numbers. Never observed in any other part of the 
coast of America. Migratory. 
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Sandwich Tern, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 276. 
Sandwich Tern, Sterna cantiaca, Aun. Orn. Biog. v. iii. p. 531. 
432. 4. Sterna fuliginosa, Lath. Sooty Tern. 
Plate CCXXXV. 
Bill slightly longer than the head, rather slender, and with the feet 
black ; tail very deeply forked, much longer than the wings ; forehead 
white ; lores, upper part of head, hind neck, and all the upper parts 
deep black, tinged with brown, on the head glossed with blue ; edges 
of wings and lateral tail-feathers white, the latter with the inner web 
toward the end dusky ; lower parts and sides of head and neck pure 
white. Young with the lower parts and forehead white, the upper 
parts greyish-brown, the feathers edged with brownish-Avhite, the pri- 
mary quills greyish -black. 
Male, 16L 34|. 
From Texas to the Floridas, in spring. Breeds in immense multi- 
tudes on the Tortugas. Migratory. 
sterna fuliginosa, Bonap. Syn. p. 355. 
Sooty Tern, Sterna fuliginosa, WiLs. Amer. Orn. v. viii. p. 145. 
; Sooty Tern, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 284. 
Sooty Tern, Sterna fuliginosa, Aon. Orn. Biog. v. iii. p. 263 •, v. v. p. 641. 
