. New England bird life; being a manual of New England ornithology: ed. from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns . Birds. 358 LARID^ : JAEGERS, GULLS, TERNS, ETC. of an inch to a mere point; tarsus, ; middle toe and claw, Another of the stragglers which occasionally visit us from southern waters. It was included among our birds by Coues in 1868, as of undoubted occurrence on the coast. As Dr. Brewer remarks, "the capture of two specimens by Mr. Vickary at .Chatham, Cape Cod," in August, 1865, first gave it a right to take its place. Fig. 77. — Bill of Sandwich
. New England bird life; being a manual of New England ornithology: ed. from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns . Birds. 358 LARID^ : JAEGERS, GULLS, TERNS, ETC. of an inch to a mere point; tarsus, ; middle toe and claw, Another of the stragglers which occasionally visit us from southern waters. It was included among our birds by Coues in 1868, as of undoubted occurrence on the coast. As Dr. Brewer remarks, "the capture of two specimens by Mr. Vickary at .Chatham, Cape Cod," in August, 1865, first gave it a right to take its place. Fig. 77. — Bill of Sandwich Tekn. Nat. size. among the rare and accidental birds that visit our coast (Pr. Bost. Soc, xvii, 1875, p. 449). This Chatham record was made by Allen (Am. Nat., iii, 1870, p. 644). COMMON TERN ; WILSON'S TERN ; SEA SWALLOW. Sterna hirundo Auct. Chars. Bill red, blackening on the terminal third, the very point usually light; feet coral-red. Mantle pearly grayish-blue ; pri- mary shafts white, except at the end ; below white, washed with pale pearly plumbeous, blanching on throat and lower belly; cap. 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 Stearns, Winfrid Alden, 1852-; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. Boston, Lee and Shepard; New York, C. T. Dillingham
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