. The birds of Europe . \ r te I N < GULL-BILLED TERN. Sterna Anglica, Mont. Le Hirondelle de Mer Hansel of Temm. 1 This rare species of Tern was first made known from specimens obtained in this country by Colonel Montagu,and was described and figured by him in the Supplement to his Ornithological Dictionary. The bill iswholly black, about an inch and a half long, thick, strong, and angulated on the under mandible, at thesymphysis or junction of the two portions, in which particular it resembles the Gulls, and this Tern may beconsidered as a link between the species of the two genera. The u
. The birds of Europe . \ r te I N < GULL-BILLED TERN. Sterna Anglica, Mont. Le Hirondelle de Mer Hansel of Temm. 1 This rare species of Tern was first made known from specimens obtained in this country by Colonel Montagu,and was described and figured by him in the Supplement to his Ornithological Dictionary. The bill iswholly black, about an inch and a half long, thick, strong, and angulated on the under mandible, at thesymphysis or junction of the two portions, in which particular it resembles the Gulls, and this Tern may beconsidered as a link between the species of the two genera. The upper part of the head, occiput and backof the neck are black in summer; all the upper parts cinereous; outer tail-feathers and all the under partsof the body white ; the first five quill-feathers are tipped with greyish black, part of the inner webs white ;legs long, exceeding one inch and a half, nearly black; toes long, claws almost straight. In the winterplumage the head is white, with dusky markings about the eyes.
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