. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttall's Manual. Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Ornithologie. It':!. {• :. I'. TKRN. MARSH TERN. NILOJICA. Char. Upper pale pearl gray; crown and nape black; under wliite; bill short, stout, gull-sliapcd, and of black color ; legs and feet dn>ky. Length about 13 to 15 inches. Tn winter the crown and nape are pale gray, and a bar of darker gray runs through the eyes. A'tsf. A slight depression in the sand of
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of the United States and Canada [microform] : based on Nuttall's Manual. Water-birds; Water-birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux aquatiques; Oiseaux aquatiques; Ornithologie. It':!. {• :. I'. TKRN. MARSH TERN. NILOJICA. Char. Upper pale pearl gray; crown and nape black; under wliite; bill short, stout, gull-sliapcd, and of black color ; legs and feet dn>ky. Length about 13 to 15 inches. Tn winter the crown and nape are pale gray, and a bar of darker gray runs through the eyes. A'tsf. A slight depression in the sand of a sea-beach or river-bank, sometimes amid the low grass on the margin of a marsh ; occasionally lined with grass or sea-weed. /t^^.r. 3-4 ; light buff or pale olive, marked with brown and lavender ; average size about X 1-30. This bird, though rare in r'.ngland, is very common in east- ern Europe, particularly in Htmgary and on the confines of Turkey. In the new continent it inhabits the whole coast of the Atlantic from New England to Brazil. In Europe it affects the covert of rushy marshes in the vicinity of the (Ireat Lakes, and rarely ever visits the sea-coast or the ocean. It has also been seen inland, in Missouri, by Mr. Say, and probably penetrates still farther into the interior to the coasts of the (Ireat Lakes of the North .American continent. Wilson first observed these binls on the chores of Cape AFay. in New Jersey, where parties were engaged darting down like Swal-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924; Nuttall, Thomas. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada. Boston : Little, Brown
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