- ROSEATE TERN. 561 
upon the nest found in the mornixg. The next morning fortune favored me, and, while 
passing between several floating masses of decaying vegetable matter I observed four 
small heaps of wild rice stalks resting upon one of these masses, and on a near view, to 
my delight they proved to be the desired nests containing eggs. The nests were 
situated in a line, and the two outer ones were not over twenty-five feet apart. The 
only materials used were pieces of wild rice stems, which were obviously brought from 
some distance, as the nearest patch of rice was several rods distant. The nests were 
quite bulky, the bases being two feet or more in diameter. The greatest depth was 
about eight inches, and the depression in the centre so deep that while sitting in the 
boat a rod away the eggs were not visible. Two of the nests contained three eggs, and 
two contained two eggs, each. The following are the measurements of three of the 
eggs, representing the amount of variation: 1.70 by 1.25; 1.75 by 1.20 and 1.60 by 1.25. 
The ground color varies from a pale greenish to a warm brownish drab. The spots and 
shell markings are of a varying shade of brown, distributed much as in the other small 
Tern’s eggs.” 
StTERNA DOUGALLI Mont. 
Roseate Tern. 
Sterna paradisea, WHEATON, Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1860, 371; Reprint, 1861, 13. 
Sterna paradiswa, WHEATON, Food of Birds, etc., Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1874, 574; Reprint, 
1875, 15. 
Sterna dougalli, LANGDON, Revised List, Journ. Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist., i, 1879, 187; Re- 
print, 21. 
Roseate Tern, AUDUBON, Orn. Biog., ili, 1835, 98; B. Am., vii, 1844, 152. 
Sterna dougalli, MONTAGUE, Orn. Dict. Suppl., 1813. 
Sterna paradisea, KEYSERLING and BLasius, Wirl. Eur., 1840, 97. 
Bill black, usually orange at base below. Mantle very pale pearly-blue; primaries 
with the white band broad and usually extending to the very tip ; below, pure white, 
or rosy-tinted ; feet coral-red. Changes of plumage as in other species. Length, 12-16; 
wing, 9-10; tail, 5-8; bill, 1}-1%, very slender; tarsus, 3-4. 
STERNA MACRURA Naumann. 
Arctic "Terne 
Sterna arctica, KIRTLAND, Ohio Geol. Surv., 1838, 166, 185. 
Sterna macroura, WHEATON, Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1860, 371; Reprint, 1861, 13; Food of 
Birds, etc., Ohio Agric. Rep. for 1874, 575 ; Reprint, 1875, 15.—Ripe@way, Ann. Lye., 
N. Y., x, 1874, 393.—LANGDON, Cat. Birds of Cin., 1877, 18. 
Arctic Tern, AUDUBON, Orn. Biog., iii, 1835, 98; B. Am., vii, 1844, 152; BaLuovu, Field 
and Forest, ili, 1878, 136. 
Sterna macrura, NAUMANN, Isis, xii, 1819, 1847. 
Sterna arctica, TEMMINCK, Main., ii, 1520, 742. 
The statement of Audubon, quoted on page 547, is the only authority for citations of 
this as an Ohio species, except that of Mr. Ballou. On page 108 of the same volume, Audu- 
bon says: ‘‘ The Arctic Tern is found on the Eastern coast of the United States only,’ 
thus annulling the former statement. Mr. Nelson does not give it as a bird of Illinois, 
nor do I find any other record of its occurrence in the Mississippi Valley or in the in- 
terior ; see also Mr. Ridgway’s views on page 551. 
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