. The birds of Britain : their distribution and habits . Birds. 224 Order XIV of the Common Tern, but are generally buff in ground- colour ; the note is comparatively harsh and grating. The Common Tern {8. hirundo) is the most abundant species in England and southern Scotland generally, but further north the Arctic Tern (8. paradisea) out- rivals it in numbers, and was till lately the only member of the genus known to breed in Shetland. Both occur up the west coast and in Ireland. If we. Common Tern omit exact details, the Common Tern ranges over temperate Europe and western Asia, with the Atl
. The birds of Britain : their distribution and habits . Birds. 224 Order XIV of the Common Tern, but are generally buff in ground- colour ; the note is comparatively harsh and grating. The Common Tern {8. hirundo) is the most abundant species in England and southern Scotland generally, but further north the Arctic Tern (8. paradisea) out- rivals it in numbers, and was till lately the only member of the genus known to breed in Shetland. Both occur up the west coast and in Ireland. If we. Common Tern omit exact details, the Common Tern ranges over temperate Europe and western Asia, with the Atlantic Islands, north Africa and North America, while only the Arctic Tern is found in the Eseroes, Iceland, and the more northern regions. In the Common Tern the head and nape are black, the upper parts grey, the lower greyish white; the bill is orange with yellowish white tip, the legs are red. The nest and eggs are of the usual type, described in the general account 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 Evans, A. H. (Arthur Humble). Cambridge [England] : Cambridge University Press
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