. Bird guide : water birds, game birds and birds of prey east of the Rockies . ORDER 2. LONG-WINGED SWIMMERS.—Longi-pennes. SKUAS, JAEGERS. Family Stercorariidff;—Ma-rine birds of prey; bill strongly hooked, with longscaly shield, or cere, at the base: claws strong andcurved, hawk-like; flight hawk-like; plumage oftenentirely sooty-black, and always so on the back. GULLS, TERNS. Family Larido-:—Gulls havehooked bills, usually yellowish, yellow eyes and pale,webbed feet. Head, underparts ana square tail arewhite in adults, back, pearl-grey; exceptions are thefour small black-liead»d gulls, whic
. Bird guide : water birds, game birds and birds of prey east of the Rockies . ORDER 2. LONG-WINGED SWIMMERS.—Longi-pennes. SKUAS, JAEGERS. Family Stercorariidff;—Ma-rine birds of prey; bill strongly hooked, with longscaly shield, or cere, at the base: claws strong andcurved, hawk-like; flight hawk-like; plumage oftenentirely sooty-black, and always so on the back. GULLS, TERNS. Family Larido-:—Gulls havehooked bills, usually yellowish, yellow eyes and pale,webbed feet. Head, underparts ana square tail arewhite in adults, back, pearl-grey; exceptions are thefour small black-liead»d gulls, which also have red-dish legs. Gulls fly with the bill straight in front,and often rest on the water. Terns have forked tails,black caps, and their slender, pointed bills and smallPL^utv. webbed feet are usually red. They fly with billpointed down, and dive upon their prey. <^SHt^RV^(ATtH. 10 ORDER 3. TUBE-NOSED SWIMMERS.—, SHEARWATERS, PETRELS. FamilyProcellariidfl:—Nostrils opening in a tube on topof the hooked bill. Plumage of fulmars, gull-lik
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