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the knees, are of a bright red colour ; the claws black 
and hooked. The specimen from which Mr Montagu 
describes this bird, was, with several others, shot in 
the West Highlands of Scotland, in July, 1812, and 
presented to him by Dr McDougall, of Glasgow, who 
also, in his communications respecting these birds, 
points out the difference between them and the other 
species of Terns, which swarmed in their company on 
the same rocky islands. The above figure was taken 
from a stuffed specimen of a bird shot on the Fern 
Isles, in June, 1820, where several of them, at various 
times, have been killed. 
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