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white to deep brown in color, spotted and blotched with dark brown 
of various shades. 
Note. — Probably S. dougalli dougalli should have a place in the avifauna of 
these islands as a winter visitor from North America. Mr. Cory has specimens 
taken in Guadeloupe in September which have the bill wholly black, while 
others in his collection, taken near Antigua in June and July have the base of 
the bill red for from one third to one half its length. 
Sterna antillarum (Less.). Least Tern. — One specimen of 
the Least Tern was obtained at Chancery Lane, Barbados, on Sep¬ 
tember 8, 1888, and another on October 17, of the same year. There 
are no other records. 
Sterna fuliginosa (Gmel.). Twaeoo; Hurricane-bird; 
Sooty Tern. — The Sooty Tern is common at sea in medium sized 
or large flocks in this part of the Caribbean, especially in the chan¬ 
nel between St. Vincent and St. Lucia, and between these islands 
seen along the leeward coast of 
St. Vincent, usually singly, and small flocks are often to be met 
with between Bequia and Canouan. It is abundant in the southern 
Grenadines, from Carriacou to Grenada, breeding on Isle Ronde, 
Kick-’em-Jenny, Lee Rocks, Bonaparte Rocks, and Isle de Large, as 
well as on some of the smaller islets. 
Although abundant within sight of Barbados, it has never been 
known to visit that island. 
The single egg is placed on the ground, usually in sandy spots, 
and is white, blotched with reddish brown and lilac. 
Sterna anaethetus (Scop.). Bridled Tern. — This species 
is common about the southern Grenadines, nesting abundantly at 
Lee Rocks, and on Rose Rock. There are also smaller colonies on 
many other of the smaller keys, and a number breed on White 
Island, in the midst of a rookery of several hundred Noddies 
(Anous stolidus). Single birds or pairs are frequent in the north¬ 
ern Grenadines and about the shores of St. Vincent and Grenada. 
I have seen it a few miles off the coast of Barbados when out in a 
flying-fish boat, but it has never been seen or taken in the immediate 
vicinity of that island. 
The egg of this species is placed on the ground, and is creamy 
white, spotted and blotched with reddish brown and umber, especi¬ 
ally toward the larger end. 
and Barbados. It is occasionally 
