. North American birds eggs . r Range.—Temperate North America, breeding from Manitoba, Mass. and Cali-fornia, south to the Gulf Coast Length about hfieen inches ; tail long and deeply forked ; crown black, backand wings pearl and under parts white. Bill orange red. This species and the three following are the most graceful of, .-_ .^^ birds in appearance and Hight. Their -•*^* _y ^ . *^ movements can only be likened to those /^^ 1 ** .■^•J • *it»l^ * t^i*^ Swallows, from which they get the «^ ^- w- % name of Sea Swallows. Their food consists of fish, which they get by diving,and
. North American birds eggs . r Range.—Temperate North America, breeding from Manitoba, Mass. and Cali-fornia, south to the Gulf Coast Length about hfieen inches ; tail long and deeply forked ; crown black, backand wings pearl and under parts white. Bill orange red. This species and the three following are the most graceful of, .-_ .^^ birds in appearance and Hight. Their -•*^* _y ^ . *^ movements can only be likened to those /^^ 1 ** .■^•J • *it»l^ * t^i*^ Swallows, from which they get the «^ ^- w- % name of Sea Swallows. Their food consists of fish, which they get by diving,and marine insects. They breed bythousands in the marshes from Manitobat(5 Texas and along the South Atlanticcoast. The eggs are laid in a hollow onthe dry grassy portions of the islands ormarshes. They generally lay three eggsand rarely four. They are buffy or brown-ish spotted with dark brown and X Data.—Cobbs Island, Va., JuneH, 1887. Eggs in a hollow ongrassy bank. Collector, F. H. Vtiijw nisli bult ] 70. Common Tern. Stenidhintiido. Range.—Eastern North Americafrom the Gulf States northward. This bird differs from the preceding chietiyin having a bright red bill tippeil with black,and the under parts washed with are the most common Terns on theNew England coast, nesting abundantlyfrom Virginia to Newfoundland. Thesebeautiful Terns, together with others of thefamily, were formerly killed by thousandsfor millinery purposes, but the practice isnow being rapidly stopped. In May andJune they lay their three, or sometimes foureggs on the ground as do the other are similar to the preceding speciesbut average shorter. Data. —Duck Is.,Maine, June .30, 189(). Three eggs in marshNo nest. Collector, C. A. Reed. breeding both on the coast and in the interi(.)r
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