. Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs . sus one inch three lines ; the wing nearly fourteeninches ; the outer tail-feathers five inches; the middle tail-feathers four inches, three to four lines. In summer the beakis black, and six lines deep at its base, and the angle onthe lower mandible by far more abrupt than in that of theterns in general. The iris is dark brown; the legs and feetare reddish black. The forehead, crown, and nape are black;the feathers silky and rather elongated; on the top of thehead there are always a few feathers with white edges. Theupper plumage is
. Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs . sus one inch three lines ; the wing nearly fourteeninches ; the outer tail-feathers five inches; the middle tail-feathers four inches, three to four lines. In summer the beakis black, and six lines deep at its base, and the angle onthe lower mandible by far more abrupt than in that of theterns in general. The iris is dark brown; the legs and feetare reddish black. The forehead, crown, and nape are black;the feathers silky and rather elongated; on the top of thehead there are always a few feathers with white edges. Theupper plumage is pale bluish gull-grey ; the quill-feathers areblackish or hoary grey, the tips of the first five feathers areblack; the chin, throat, neck, breast, and all the under partsare white. The claws of this bird are very long and straight. The winter plumage has the forehead and crown white ; aspot before the eye, and behind the ear-coverts of greyishblack ; the rest of the plumage as in summer, but the blacktips of the quill-feathers are not so deeply BLACK NODDY. 113 NATATORES. STERNIDJE. PLATE CCXCVIII. BLACK NODDY. STERNA STOLIDA. The Black Noddy has only very lately been added to thelist of British Birds, in consequence of two specimens thatwere captured on the eastern coast of Ireland. This bird is,therefore, to be considered as a rare occasional visitant. The countries in which this species chiefly resides, are theGulf of Mexico, the shores of Florida, and the Bahama entire coast of America is periodically visited by it, fromwhence it occasionally reaches the western shores of Europe;mariners not unfrequently make acquaintance with this bird,by meeting it on the open sea. The food of the Black Noddy consists of small fish andaquatic insects, which it catches by skimming over the waterysurface, and dipping for them in the manner of other terns. The before-named parts of Mexico, Florida, and theBahama Isles, are annually visited by this bird for the pur-pose
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