. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. âTHK OULLS AND TKUNS â STERNA. 299 stnicturoa, evidently so coiiHtnu'tt'd as to jirotoct tlm c^'^s from the watnr naturally to lie I'XiH'cti'd in a marshy site, rrofVssor K\imli('n writes mis tliat this i)ird visits tho lalic in varying nnmb»'rs, acfordiii},' to the season, arriving ahont the end of April. Tlic jirevaleneo of high winds, floods, and other adverse circumstances has a tendency to make it less abundant in sonm years. The eggs in the Smithsonian Collection are from Great Slave
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. âTHK OULLS AND TKUNS â STERNA. 299 stnicturoa, evidently so coiiHtnu'tt'd as to jirotoct tlm c^'^s from the watnr naturally to lie I'XiH'cti'd in a marshy site, rrofVssor K\imli('n writes mis tliat this i)ird visits tho lalic in varying nnmb»'rs, acfordiii},' to the season, arriving ahont the end of April. Tlic jirevaleneo of high winds, floods, and other adverse circumstances has a tendency to make it less abundant in sonm years. The eggs in the Smithsonian Collection are from Great Slave Lake, in the extreme north, and from Hog Island, Va., in the extreme southeast. JIow far north on cmr Atlantic coast this species breeds 1 cannot say. 1 have nev(.'r observed it breed- ing farther north than Massachusetts; but it jtrobably ranges in the summt'r much tiivther. The eggs vary in length from to inches, and in breadth from 111 l.;U); but is their average breadth, 'llieir ground-color varies from a pale greenish buff to a brownish drab. Their markings are cliieHy of a dark clove-brown color, intermingled with fewer shell-markings of an obscure laveiider-gray. Sterna paradisaBa. THE ABCTIC TKBR. Sfcrim jxiraduirra, niiiJNN. Orn. Hor. 1704, 46 (not of Kkys. k 1840,= â¢*>, HougnlH). Slcrna hirundo, Piiii'i'.s, Zool. Voy. N. Pole, 1774, 188. â Siiaiu'K & , Hirds Eur. pt. xii. (1872). SIrriia vwcrurn, Naum. Isis, 1819, J). 1847. â Lawk, in Hninl'-s B. N. Am. 1858, 862. â BAUm, Cut. N. Am. B. 18.')it, no. O'.IO. â Touks, Koy, 1872, 321 ; Check List, 1873, no. 667 ; B. N. W. 1874, â Saitndkks, p. Z. S. 1876, 650. Slcma arctiai, Mnn. IL 1820, 742. âSw. & Rich. F. B. A. H. 1831, 414. â Ni-tt. Man. IL 1834, 275. âAll). Oin. Biog. IIL 1835, 366, i>L 250 ; Synop. 1839, 319 ; B. Am. VIL 1844, 107, 1>1. 424. Slcrna hrachylarsa, OitAiiA, Roise. n. Fiiroe, 1830, 218. Sterna Swains. 15. W. Af
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