. A guide to the birds of New England and eastern New York; containing a key for each season and short descriptions of over two hundred and fifty species, with particular reference to their appearance in the field. Birds; Birds. COMMON TEEN 319 Metinic Green Island, there are large colonies. Its most southern colony is on Muskeget Island, Mass. It migrates southward with the Common Tern, and returns at the same time. At close range it may be distinguished from the Common Tern by its bill, which is uniform deep red. Its tail, too, is a trifle longer. Its notes, according to Mr. Brew- ster, may
. A guide to the birds of New England and eastern New York; containing a key for each season and short descriptions of over two hundred and fifty species, with particular reference to their appearance in the field. Birds; Birds. COMMON TEEN 319 Metinic Green Island, there are large colonies. Its most southern colony is on Muskeget Island, Mass. It migrates southward with the Common Tern, and returns at the same time. At close range it may be distinguished from the Common Tern by its bill, which is uniform deep red. Its tail, too, is a trifle longer. Its notes, according to Mr. Brew- ster, may be distinguished : " The usual cry corresponds to the tearr of S. hirundo [the Common Tern], but is shriller, ending in a rising inflection, and sounding very like the squeal of a ; Common Tbkn. Sterna hirundo Ad. in summer. — Top of head black; back and wings pearl- gray; tail white; under parts grayish-white; hill red, blackish at tip. Ad. in autumn. — Similar, but forehead and forward part of crown white, mixed with black on the crown; under parts pure white ; bill less red. Im. — Similar to fall adult, but bill brownish. The Common Tern is a summer resident on the coast of New York and New England, but south of the Maine coast. Fig. 90. Common Tern it breeds in only a few colonies; Gull Island, off Long Island, Muskeget Islapd, and Penikese, near Martha's Vine- yard, are the largest of these. On the Maine coast there are many colonies. The Tern arrives in May, and leaves in. 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 Hoffmann, Ralph, b. 1870; Fuertes, Louis Agassiz, 1874-1927. Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company
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