. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . L lj?T^?Zr^-~mJU*dttei Arctic Tern Roseate TernAleutian Tern. Grayish or Brownish the breeding season; the tail is very long and deeply forked, the outer feath-ers being over five inches longer than the middle ones; the bill is red with ablack tip. They nest in large colonies on the islands from Southern New Eng-land southward, placing the nests in the short grass, generally without anylining. They lay two or three eggs which are indistinguis
. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . L lj?T^?Zr^-~mJU*dttei Arctic Tern Roseate TernAleutian Tern. Grayish or Brownish the breeding season; the tail is very long and deeply forked, the outer feath-ers being over five inches longer than the middle ones; the bill is red with ablack tip. They nest in large colonies on the islands from Southern New Eng-land southward, placing the nests in the short grass, generally without anylining. They lay two or three eggs which are indistinguishable from thetwo preceding species. 73. Aleutian Tern. Sterna aleutica. Range.—Found in summer in Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. South in winter to Japan. This handsome Tern is of the form and sizeof the Common Tern, but has a darker mantle, and the forehead is white,leaving a black line from the bill to the eye. They nest on islands off the coastof Alaska, sometimes together with the Arctic Tern. The eggs are laid uponthe bare ground or moss, and are similar to the Arctic Terns, but average nar-rower. They are two or three in number and are laid in June and July. x Data.—Stuart Is., Al
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