. Game, shore, and water birds of India . ront of , scapulars, wings, and tail French grey. First primary withlarge portion of inner web white to margin. Genus slightly crested. 988. Sternula minuta. The Small River-Tern. $ 8 to 8^. Legs orange. Bill yellow, black tip. Rump, uppertail-coverts, and tail white. Shafts of outer primaries dark. Crown,eye-line, nape, and hind neck black. Sternula sinensis. S 10. Bill yellow, tip black. Shafts of outer primaries , tail-coverts, and tail white. (S. F. v. 325.) Sternula saundersi. cf 9tV- Legs yellowish olive. Bill yell
. Game, shore, and water birds of India . ront of , scapulars, wings, and tail French grey. First primary withlarge portion of inner web white to margin. Genus slightly crested. 988. Sternula minuta. The Small River-Tern. $ 8 to 8^. Legs orange. Bill yellow, black tip. Rump, uppertail-coverts, and tail white. Shafts of outer primaries dark. Crown,eye-line, nape, and hind neck black. Sternula sinensis. S 10. Bill yellow, tip black. Shafts of outer primaries , tail-coverts, and tail white. (S. F. v. 325.) Sternula saundersi. cf 9tV- Legs yellowish olive. Bill yellow, tip dusky. First threeprimaries black, with black shafts and broad white margins to innerwebs. Rump, tail-coverts, and tail grey. Back grey. Triangularfrontal patch. Crown velvet-black. Sternula gouldi. $ 81V ; I5 oz. Legs dusky orange. Bill green-yellow. (iii.) Long ivings. Tail THALASSEUS. GaXuaaios = belonging to the sea. Bill long and slender. Feet fully webbed. Wings exceeding orequal to forked tail. THALASKEUS. 141. 142 LATilBM. 989. Thalasseus cristatus. The Large ;J 19V to 21; 14 oz. to 1 lb. ? 14 oz. to 1 lb. Legs pale yellow. Long black crest. Face, nape, and below silkywhite. Tips of secondaries white. Thalasseus cantiacus. The Sandwich 17 to 18; 14 oz. ? 16 to 17; 12 oz. Legs black. Bill
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