. 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^
. 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^. Black Tern tail, 3|, forked, |; culnien, 1. America, from 328 KEY AND DESCRIPTION Alaska to Brazil; breeding in the interior from Illinois to Alaska, andmigrating through all parts of the eastern United States. 12. Noddy (79. Anons stdlidus).—A southern, dark brown,almost black tern. Avith a whitish crown and a rounded tail. The young lacks thewhitish crown, buthas more or less of awhite line over thee^e. This is a com-mon summer visitorin the South Atlanticand Gulf States, andbreeds in Florida.
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