. Birds in their haunts, by the late C. A. Johns . the Black Tern commonly lays its eggs on the leaves of thewater-lily. THE SANDWICH TERN STERNA CANTIACA Bill long, black, the tip yellowish ; tarsus short (one inch); tail long; headand crest as in the last; nape, upper part of the back, and all the lowerparts brilliant white, tinged on the breast with rose ; back and wingspale ash-grey ; quills deeper grey; tail white ; feet black, yellowishbeneath. Young birds—head mottled with black and white ; back, wing-coverts, and tail-feathers varied with irregular lines of black; bill andfeet dark bro
. Birds in their haunts, by the late C. A. Johns . the Black Tern commonly lays its eggs on the leaves of thewater-lily. THE SANDWICH TERN STERNA CANTIACA Bill long, black, the tip yellowish ; tarsus short (one inch); tail long; headand crest as in the last; nape, upper part of the back, and all the lowerparts brilliant white, tinged on the breast with rose ; back and wingspale ash-grey ; quills deeper grey; tail white ; feet black, yellowishbeneath. Young birds—head mottled with black and white ; back, wing-coverts, and tail-feathers varied with irregular lines of black; bill andfeet dark brown. Length eighteen inches. Eggs greyish green, blotchedwith brown and black. The Sandwich Tern, which takes its name from the place whereit was first seen in England, is not uncommon on many parts of thecoast during the summer months. In some places it seems to be 1 The Rev. R. Lubbock states in his Fauna of Norfolk, 1845, that it hasceased to breed regularly in Norfolk, but that eggs had been recently obtainedat Crowland Wash in
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