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The head is of a fine deep glofiy black 5 the back, fhoulders, and rump are of a 
nifty grey colour: the bread and belly are alfo grey, but it is paler, and has a bright 
filvery appearance on the whole under furface of the bird, and particularly about the 
belly and fides. 
The wings are long ; the covering feathers of their under furface are white, and fo 
are alfo the covering feathers of the under part of the tail: the tail is a little forked, 
but not nearly fo deeply as in the former fpecies ; it confifts of twelve feathers, and 
the two exterior ones of thefe are not fo remarkably long as in the other: all the long 
feathers of the wings and tail, are of one uniform colour ; they are grey on the upper 
fide, and white underneath. 
The legs are fhort and red ; the feet are large, and are femi-palmated : the toes are 
long, and the claws black : the hinder toe is inconfiderable, and the claw of the 
middle toe is marginated on the inner fide. 
This is lefs frequent on our coafts than the former fpecies, but I have feen it in 
Yorkfhire. It is much on the wing, but not fo continually as the former ; at other 
times it lies down among the fedge, not feeming very fond of walking. Few of the 
writers on birds have defcribed it. Linnaeus mentions the having met with it near 
Upfal, and calls it Sterna fupra grifea capite roftroque nigro pedibus rubris. It is no 
where very common, fo that there is the lefs wonder that it has been overlooked by 
many. 
Sterna reBricibus maximis 7 iigris. 
\The Sterna 5 with the largeft of the tail feathers black. 
r This is a very beautiful fpecies, and in it’s general figure more refembles the 
common fea-fwallow, than the laft defcribed fpecies; it’s bignefs is about that of the 
common black-bird : it’s head is large, fomewhat deprefled on the crown, and a little 
flatted on the fides: the eyes are large, and their iris is of an orange colour, with a ftrong 
admixture of a fiery red: the beak is fhort; it is thick at the bafe, moderately con¬ 
vex on the back, and very fharp at the point. 
The upper part of the head is of a deep black behind the eyes, but of a paler or 
greyifh colour toward the front: the upper part of the neck, as alfo the fhoulders, 
back, and fides are brown: the breaft and throat are white, and the belly alfo is 
whitifh, but it has a tinge of brown : the wings are moderately long • they are of a 
greyifh-brown, with a tinge of olive on the upper fide, and whitifh underneath: the 
tail is long, and very forked ; and the two extream or outer feathers of it,\\ which are 
much longer than any of the others, are black: the legs are fhort, and of a dark co¬ 
lour, with a tinge of greenifh diffufed over them : the feet are large and femi-pal¬ 
mated ; the toes ftand three before, and one behind ; the hinder one is fmall and in¬ 
confiderable : the claws are all black, and that of the middle toe is ferrated and mar¬ 
ginated on the inner part. 
This is not a native of England, but it is occafionally met with on our coafts. It 
breeds in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and many other parts of the North of Eu¬ 
rope. Many of the ornithologifts have defcribed it, though there are many alfo that 
have omitted to mention it. Ray calls it Strautjager, id eft, Caprotherus ; Bartholine 
Truen five Fur; the Danes call it Kyuffwa five Tjufva; and the Swedes, SwartlofTe 
and Labben. We have no name for it. 
BIRDS* 
