. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. LARID^ âTHE GULLS AND TERNS â STERNA. 309 pf^gs have since been obtained from different parts of Alaska. Mr. Dall was informed that it was common in the Aleutian Islands, and expected to meet with it there; but none were seen. Four eggs of the Aleutian Tern (Smithsonian Institution No. 1347), procured by Mr. Bischoff on the Island of Kadiak, have the following measurements: by inches; by ; by ; by They all have a ground-color of a brownish and a greenish olive
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. LARID^ âTHE GULLS AND TERNS â STERNA. 309 pf^gs have since been obtained from different parts of Alaska. Mr. Dall was informed that it was common in the Aleutian Islands, and expected to meet with it there; but none were seen. Four eggs of the Aleutian Tern (Smithsonian Institution No. 1347), procured by Mr. Bischoff on the Island of Kadiak, have the following measurements: by inches; by ; by ; by They all have a ground-color of a brownish and a greenish olive; the markings are large, partly longitudinal, (â¢( ufluent, and in patches, and of a dark clove-brown. Sterna antillarum. THE LEAST TEBN. Slmm minuta, AVils. Am. Orn. VIL 1813, 80, pi. 70, fig. 2 (not of LiNN.). â AuD. Orn. Biog. IV. 1838, 175, pi. 319 ; Synop. 1839, 321 ; B. Am. VL 1844, 119, 439. Slenia argcnUa, NuiT. Man. IL 1834, 280 (not of Max. 1820). SIcmiila aiUillaruvi, Less. Descr. Mam. et Ois. 1847, 256. Slenm anlillarum, , Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. I'hilad. 1862, 552. â ScL. & Salv. P. Z. S. 1871, 571. â Saundeus, p. Z. S. 1876, 661. â Ridgw. Noni. N. Am. B. 1881, no. 690. Sterna siipercitiaris, b. antillarum, Coves, B. N. W. 1874, 692. Sterna superciliaris anlillarum, CouEs, 2d Check List, 1882, no. 801. Sterna frenata, Gamb. Pr. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philail. 1848, 128. â Lawr. in Baird's B. N. Am. 1858, 864. â Baiiid, Cat. N. Am. B. 1859, no. 694. Sterna superciliaris, & Cadan. J. f. 0. V. 1857, 232 (not of Vieill.). â CouES, Key, 1872, 332; Check List, 1873, no. 570. Hab. Temperate and tropical North America in general; south to Trinidad. Both coasts of Central America ; on the Atlantic coast north, casually, to Labrador; on the Pacific side, north to California. Sp. Char. Smallest of the Terns (wing less than seven inches). Adult in summer: Pileum and nape deep black, the forehead covered by a broad lunule of white extending back laterally
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