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LARINiE. STERNA. 
433. 5. Sterna Hirundo, Linn. Common Tern. 
Plate CCCIX. Male. 
Bill about the same length as the head, rather slender, bright coral- 
red, towards the end black, the tip light yellow ; feet coral-red, lighter 
than the bill ; wings slightly shorter than the tail, which is very deeply 
forked ; upper part of head and hind neckhalf-way down, deep bluish- 
black, anteriorly tinged with brown ; sides of head, fore neck, and all 
the lower parts white, with a slight tinge of greyish -blue on the breast ; 
back, scapulars, and wings light greyish-blue ; edges of wings, rump, 
and upper tail-coverts white, slightly tinged with grey ; first primary 
with the outer web deep black, the shaft white, on the inner web a 
greyish-black band running along the shaft, narrow at the base, and 
widening, so as to occupy the whole breadth of the web for an inch at 
the end, where it is hoary ; the next five with the outer web, and a 
varying portion of the inner in nearly their whole length* hoary, but 
with a dusky shade, becoming more apparent at the end ; the rest of 
the quills like the back, but margined and tipped with white ; tailr 
feathers with the inner webs white, the outer of the colour of the back, 
paler on the middle feathers, gradually deepening outwards, and on the 
outer feathers dark grey. Young, in first plumage, with the bill dull 
greenish-black, its tip yellowish, feet greenish-yellow ; upper parts 
chiefly light brown. In winter, the bill black, with the base pale 
orange, the tip yellowish, the feet orange-yellow ; the colour of the 
plumage as in the adult, the forehead white, the rest of the head 
dusky, the upper parts having the feathers slightly margined with 
lighter. 
Male, 16, 31 ^. 
Breeds from Galveston Islands along the shores of the Atlantic to 
Labrador, and as far north as Lat. 57°. Returns southward in autumn, 
passing beyond the Texas. Extremely abundant. 
Great Tern, Sterna Hirundo, WiLS. Amer. Orn. v. viii. p. 76. 
Sterna Hirundo, Bonap. Syn. p. 354. 
Sterna Hirundo, Great Tern, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 412. 
Great or Common Tern, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 271. 
Common Tern, Sterna Hirundo, Aun. Orn. Biog. v. iv. p. 74. 
434. 6 . Sterna Havellii, Aud. Havell’s Tern. 
Plate CCCCIX. Fig. 1. Adult. 
Bill about the length of the head, rather stout ; wings a little shorter 
than the tail, which is deeply forked. In winter, the bill black, to- 
wards the base brown, and a small portion of the tip yellowish ; feet 
orange ; a broad band of black surrounding the ey e, and extending to- 
ward the nape ; fore part of head, cheeks, and all the lower parts pure 
white ; hind head and nape dusky grey, mixed with white ; the rest 
