. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . Bridled Tern 11. Black Tern ( nigrasurinamensis). —Asmall, short - tailed,black tern, with theback, wings, and tail somewliat lighter and more slate colored,and the under tail coverts white. The young (also the adultin winter) has the front head and under parts mainly white,and the back andAv i n g s is an insect-eating bird, and isoften found farfrom large bodiesof water, and oc-casionally on thedriest of openplains. Length, 10 ; wing, 8^

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