. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds -- Japan. GAVIM. 299 298. STERNA ALEUTICA. (ALEUTIAN TERN.) Sterna aleutica, Baird, Trans. Cliicag'o Acad. Nat. Sc. i. p. 321 (1869). Tlie Aleutian Tern is about the size of the Common Tern (wing from carpal joint 11 to 9^ inches). Its mantle and rump are slate- grey, but its forehead and upper tail-coverts are white. Figures: Baird, Trans. Chicago Acad. 1869, pi. 31. fig. 1. The Aleutian Tern appears to be a more or less accidental visitor to the coasts of Japan, as there is an example in the Pryer collection labelled " Inuboye/^ which is probabl
. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds -- Japan. GAVIM. 299 298. STERNA ALEUTICA. (ALEUTIAN TERN.) Sterna aleutica, Baird, Trans. Cliicag'o Acad. Nat. Sc. i. p. 321 (1869). Tlie Aleutian Tern is about the size of the Common Tern (wing from carpal joint 11 to 9^ inches). Its mantle and rump are slate- grey, but its forehead and upper tail-coverts are white. Figures: Baird, Trans. Chicago Acad. 1869, pi. 31. fig. 1. The Aleutian Tern appears to be a more or less accidental visitor to the coasts of Japan, as there is an example in the Pryer collection labelled " Inuboye/^ which is probably the same as Cape Inoboga due east of Tokio. It is a North Pacific species, breeding on the coasts of Alaska from Kadiak to Norton Sound. 299. STERNA BERGII. (RUPPELL^S TERN.) Sterna herr/ii, Liclitenstein, Verz. Doubl. Zool. Mus. Berlin, p. 80 (1823). Riippell's Tern is one of the larger species (wing from carpal joint 15 to 13 inches). The black on the crown does not cover the fore-. Head of Sterna hergii. Natural size. head, and ends in a point on the nape, which is white, gradually shading into slate-grey on the 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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