. The sportsman's British bird book . noteworthy occurs in the habits of this tern, which feeds both uponinsects and on fish and other water-dwelling creatures. The eggs arethree in number, and of the usual tcrn-typc, measuring about 2 inchesin their longer diameter. In addition to the characters noticed above, the gull-billed tern ischaracterised in the summer-dress by the black crown of the head andnape of the neck, the pearl-grey back, and the white under surface ;the beak and legs being black at all seasons. In winter, streaks of. THC ROWLAND WARD STUOIOS GULL-BILLED TEKN (MALt: IN SUMMKR)
. The sportsman's British bird book . noteworthy occurs in the habits of this tern, which feeds both uponinsects and on fish and other water-dwelling creatures. The eggs arethree in number, and of the usual tcrn-typc, measuring about 2 inchesin their longer diameter. In addition to the characters noticed above, the gull-billed tern ischaracterised in the summer-dress by the black crown of the head andnape of the neck, the pearl-grey back, and the white under surface ;the beak and legs being black at all seasons. In winter, streaks of. THC ROWLAND WARD STUOIOS GULL-BILLED TEKN (MALt: IN SUMMKR). COMMON TERN 171 ashy grey on a white ground replace the black of the head and nape ;these streaks continuing, however, to form a patch around the birds have the plumage mottled and striped with brownand tinged with buff above, and the beak and legs horn-coloured. With the common tern, formerly known as SternaJiintndo a name properly belonging apparently inpart to an Arctic species), we come to the typicalrepresentative of the genus Sterna, and therefore of the entire sub-family. In common with the allied species (exclusive of the gull-billed Common Tern(Sterna fluviatilis).
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