. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. FAM. LX. TERNS AND GULLS 323. •-*9* " Gull-billed Tern 1. Gull-billed Tern (63. GelocheTidon nildtica).— A southern, black-capped, black-billed, black-footed tern, with the upper parts, including the wings, a light pearl-gray, and the lower parts white ; tail forked 1\ inches, nearly white. In winter, this, like most terns, loses its blackcap; the crown is white, space in front of eyes black- ish, and back of them grayish. A common tern on the souther
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. FAM. LX. TERNS AND GULLS 323. •-*9* " Gull-billed Tern 1. Gull-billed Tern (63. GelocheTidon nildtica).— A southern, black-capped, black-billed, black-footed tern, with the upper parts, including the wings, a light pearl-gray, and the lower parts white ; tail forked 1\ inches, nearly white. In winter, this, like most terns, loses its blackcap; the crown is white, space in front of eyes black- ish, and back of them grayish. A common tern on the southern coast, feeding extensively on insects. The voice has a harshness similar to that of the gulls. (Marsh Tern.) Length, 14; wing 12 (llf-12i); tail, 5|; tarsus, \\; culmen, If. Nearly throughout the world, in North America chiefly along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts ; breeding north to New Jersey, and wandering casually to Massachusetts. 2. Caspian Tern (64. Sterna tschegrava).— Avery large, red- billed ternj with the back of the neck, tail, and under parts white, back and wings pearl-gray, and the primaries slaty- black, with silvery outer webs. In spring, it has a black cap, but after the breeding season and in winter, the top of the head is merely streaked with black. The young has the pearl- gray back, and tail spotted or barred with brownish-black, and the head streaked black and white. This is a tern of world- wide distribution, but is not common in North America. It is in appearance, when seen on the wing, almost identical with the next. Length, 21; wing, 16 (15-17|); tail, 6, forked, li; tarsus, If; cul- men, 2^-3|-. In North America, breeding locally from Virginia, the Great Lakes, and Texas northward; migrating through the interior as well as along the coast, and probably wintering beyond our borders. 3. Royal Tern (65. Sterna mdxima).—A very large, some- what crested tern, wTith the back and wings pearl-gray, the. Please note that these images are extracted fro
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