. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. ^F'^m LARIDyE âTHE GULLS AND TERNS â STERNA. 295 m (luring the breeding-season, though by no means so common as the smaller Black Tern. It breeds in the same places with the common kiruiido, several nests being often placed in a small space. Some of their nests are very bulky. They breed in the latter part of June, chiefly in the large muddy reedy marshes of Blackhawk Island, in Lake Koskonong. When his son Ludwi- ^'"st discovered their breeding- pliice, their young were generally hatched, and
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. ^F'^m LARIDyE âTHE GULLS AND TERNS â STERNA. 295 m (luring the breeding-season, though by no means so common as the smaller Black Tern. It breeds in the same places with the common kiruiido, several nests being often placed in a small space. Some of their nests are very bulky. They breed in the latter part of June, chiefly in the large muddy reedy marshes of Blackhawk Island, in Lake Koskonong. When his son Ludwi- ^'"st discovered their breeding- pliice, their young were generally hatched, and as he approached, the old birds gave tlie alarm, and all the young birds deserted their nests and hid among the r''''ds. Eggs of this species in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution are from Minnesota, Illinois, Cobb's Island, and from Shoal Lake in British America. The ground-color is a pale buffy drab, varying to a pale grayish green. The markings are of blackish brown, mingling with fainter markings of lilac-gray. They vary in length from to inches, and in breadth from to inches. Sterna hirundo. THE COMMON TEBN. Slcma himndn,^ Linn. .S. N. cd. 10, I. 1758, 137 ; cd. 12,1. 1766, 227. âWils. Am. Om. VIL 1813, 76, pi. 60, lig. 1. â NUTT. Man. IL 1834, 271. âAun. Oin. Biog. IV. 1838, 74, pi. 309; Sjiiop. 1839, 318 ; 1$. Am. VII. 1844, 97, pi. 433. â CouES, Key, 1872, 320 ; Check List, 1873, no. 565 ; 2a c(l. 1882, no. 797 ; 15. N. W. 1874, 680. Stcr/M JIuviatilis, Naum. Isis, 1819, p. 1847-48. âSiiAUi'E & Duesser, B. Eur. Pt. XL (1872).â Saundeks, p. Z. S. 1876, 649. Skma ncncgaknsis, Swains. B. W. Afr. II. 1837, 250. Sterna Wihmii, Bdxap. Comp. List, 1838, 61. â Lawr. in Baird's B. N. Am. 1858, 861. â Baikd, Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. S. hirundo. Hab. Palccarctic Region am} Eastern North America, chiefly near the coast. Winters north to uboiit 37° ; breeds irregularly nearly throughout its range. Arizona (ITenshaw) ; Bermudas (
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