. New England bird life; being a manual of New England ornithology: ed. from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns . Birds. S. SUPERCILIARIS ANTILLARUM: LEAST TERN. 371 ROSEATE TERN. Sterna dougalli Mont. Chars. Bill black, usually orange at base below; mantle very pale pearly-blue; primaries with the white band broad and usually extending to the very tip. Below, pure white, or rosy-tinted; feet coral-red. Changes of plumage as in other species. Length, ; wing, ; tail, ; bill, , very slender ; tarsus, This most elegant of all our Terns
. New England bird life; being a manual of New England ornithology: ed. from the manuscript of Winfrid A. Stearns . Birds. S. SUPERCILIARIS ANTILLARUM: LEAST TERN. 371 ROSEATE TERN. Sterna dougalli Mont. Chars. Bill black, usually orange at base below; mantle very pale pearly-blue; primaries with the white band broad and usually extending to the very tip. Below, pure white, or rosy-tinted; feet coral-red. Changes of plumage as in other species. Length, ; wing, ; tail, ; bill, , very slender ; tarsus, This most elegant of all our Terns occurs in New Eng- land under the circumstances already fully detailed under head of S. hirundo. The principal point to be noted is, that this is a southerly bird, unknown in the very high latitudes to which Wilson's and the Arctic Tern re- sort to In fact, it chiefly occurs with us south of Cape Cod, which may be regarded as the normal limit of its extension, though it is known to occur as r , , ^ X 1 1 Fig. 79. —Roseate Tern. far north as the Green Islands, in Casco Bay, Maine, where Mr. Brewster once observed a small flock in July (Bull. Nutt. Club, iv, 1879, p. 15).. LEAST TERN. Sterna superciliaris antillarum {Less.) Coues. Chars. Bill yellow, usually tipped with black; mantle pale pearly grayish-blue, extending unchanged on the rump and tail; a white. 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 Stearns, Winfrid Alden, 1852-; Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899. Boston, Lee and Shepard; New York, C. T. Dillingham
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