. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 440 STEKNIDa; STEENA nearly white, outer webs of the outer feathers very pale grey, so that there is little contrast in shade between the two webs; below grey. Bill and feet cherry-red. Length about 16; wing 10-5 ; tail 7'5 to 8-0; depth of fork 4-5 to 5-0; culmen l-4o; tarsus -7. In the non-breeding dress the forehead and crown are mottled- grey and black. Young birds are white below and have the outer webs of the tail-feathers greyer; the bill and feet vary from dull livid-red to Fig. 139.—Head of Sterna vittata in breeding dress, x ji Distribut
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 440 STEKNIDa; STEENA nearly white, outer webs of the outer feathers very pale grey, so that there is little contrast in shade between the two webs; below grey. Bill and feet cherry-red. Length about 16; wing 10-5 ; tail 7'5 to 8-0; depth of fork 4-5 to 5-0; culmen l-4o; tarsus -7. In the non-breeding dress the forehead and crown are mottled- grey and black. Young birds are white below and have the outer webs of the tail-feathers greyer; the bill and feet vary from dull livid-red to Fig. 139.—Head of Sterna vittata in breeding dress, x ji Distribution. — This Tern is found throughout the southern portion of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, from the neighbourhood of Ascension and Tristan da Cunha to Kerguelen and St. Paul; there are examples of this species in the South African Museum, recently identified by Mr. Howard Saunders, obtained in Table Bay in August, near Dassen Island in June, in False Bay in July, and in Saldanha Bay in September; all are in non-breeding plumage. Probably this bird is common enough about the coast of South Africa, but has been hitherto confounded with S. fluviatilis and S. macrura, both of which it closely resembles. 765. Sterna fluviatilis. Common Tern. Sterna hirundo, Linn. Syst. Nat. 12th ed. i, p. 227 (1766) [in partj; Beichenow, Vog. Afr. i, p. 64 (1900). Sterna fluviatilis, Naum. Isis, 1819, pp. 1847-8; Gurncy, Ibis, 1868, p. 263; Shai-pe and Dresser, B. Eur. yiii, p. 263, pi. 580 (1872); Churney, in Andersson's B. Damaral. p. 361 (1872); Saunders, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 649; Shar2)c, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. p. 701 (1884);. 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 Stark, Arthur Cowell, d. 1899; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-1944; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-1944. Fauna of South Africa. London, R. H. Porter
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