. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds -- Japan. 302 obtained near Yokohama. It is common on the Pescadore Islands between Formosa and China (Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 422). The Bridled Tern is a tropieal species, inhabiting the Indian Ocean, the Pacific, and the Atlantic. It is said to have once occurred in England. 302. STERNA FULIGINOSA. (SOOTY TERN.) Sterna fuli/jinosa, (Jmolin, Syst. Nat. 1. p. 605 (1788).. Head of Sterna fuliytiiosa. Natural size. The Sooty Tern belongs to the group in Avhich the back, ruiiij), and upper tail-coverts are dark brown, but the underparts
. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds -- Japan. 302 obtained near Yokohama. It is common on the Pescadore Islands between Formosa and China (Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 422). The Bridled Tern is a tropieal species, inhabiting the Indian Ocean, the Pacific, and the Atlantic. It is said to have once occurred in England. 302. STERNA FULIGINOSA. (SOOTY TERN.) Sterna fuli/jinosa, (Jmolin, Syst. Nat. 1. p. 605 (1788).. Head of Sterna fuliytiiosa. Natural size. The Sooty Tern belongs to the group in Avhich the back, ruiiij), and upper tail-coverts are dark brown, but the underparts are Avhite in the adult. It is larger than the Bridled Tern. The wliitc nuchal collar docs not extend across the nape, and the black on the lores does not extend as far forward as the white on the forehead. Figures : Temminck and Schlcgcl, Fauna Japonica, Aves, pi. 89; Dresser, Birds of Euro])e, viii. pi. 587. The Sooty Tern is a resident throughout the tropical seas, and is only accidentally found in more temperate regions. Its only claim to be regarded as a Japanese species is the record of the examples, doubtless from Southern Japan, obtained by the Siebold Expedition, and an example obtained on the Yaye-yauia Islands, tin; most southerly grouj) of the Loo-Choo l>lan(ls, by Mr. Nishi (Stejnegcr, Proc. United States Nat. Mus. 1887, j). 3U2). There arc two records of its occurrence on the British lsl;in(l>.. 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 Seebohm, Henry, 1832-1895. London, R. H. Porter
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