. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds. 302 obtained near Yokohama. It is common on the Pescadore Islands between Formosa and China (Swinhoe, Proc. Zod. Soc. 1871, p. 422). The Bridled Tern is a tropical species, inhabiting the Indian Ocean, the Pacific, and the Atlantic. It is said to have once occurred in England. 302. STERNA FULIGINOSA. (SOOTY TERN.) Sterna fuliginosa, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 605 (1788).. 72 Head of Sterna fuliginosa. Natural size. The Sooty Tern belongs to the group in which the back, rump, and upper tail-coverts are dark brown, but the underparts are white in
. The birds of the Japanese Empire. Birds. 302 obtained near Yokohama. It is common on the Pescadore Islands between Formosa and China (Swinhoe, Proc. Zod. Soc. 1871, p. 422). The Bridled Tern is a tropical species, inhabiting the Indian Ocean, the Pacific, and the Atlantic. It is said to have once occurred in England. 302. STERNA FULIGINOSA. (SOOTY TERN.) Sterna fuliginosa, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 605 (1788).. 72 Head of Sterna fuliginosa. Natural size. The Sooty Tern belongs to the group in which the back, rump, and upper tail-coverts are dark brown, but the underparts are white in the adult. It is larger than the Bridled Tern. The white nuchal collar does not extend across the nape, and the black on the lores does not extend as far forward as the white on the forehead. Figures : Temminck and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Aves, pi. 89; Dresser, Birds of Europe, viii. pi. 587. The Sooty Tern is a resident throughout the tropical seas, and is only accidentally found in more temperate regions. Its only claim to be regarded as a Japanese species is the record of the examples, doubtless from Southern Japan, obtained by the Siebold Expedition, and an example obtained on the Yaye-yama Islands, the most southerly group of the Loo-Choo Islands, by Mr. Nishi (Stejneger, Proc. United States Nat. Mus. 1887, p. 392). There are two records of its occurrence on the British 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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