. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian .. . %,,:. .\(lult : (exceptand season. Least Teru. Tern. the No<idv) top of the head entirely black, part of the year, varying with age FAMILY LARIDiS. — GULLS AND TERNS. 43 Outer web of outer tail feather, darker than inner web; back, pearl gray; breastand uiKierpart*, pearl gray; bill, in adults, entirely red; tarsus, usually less than .70. Sterna paradiscea. Arctic No. 46. Back, l)Iack; a white stripe from forehead, extending over the eye ; breast, white; bill,in ad
. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian .. . %,,:. .\(lult : (exceptand season. Least Teru. Tern. the No<idv) top of the head entirely black, part of the year, varying with age FAMILY LARIDiS. — GULLS AND TERNS. 43 Outer web of outer tail feather, darker than inner web; back, pearl gray; breastand uiKierpart*, pearl gray; bill, in adults, entirely red; tarsus, usually less than .70. Sterna paradiscea. Arctic No. 46. Back, l)Iack; a white stripe from forehead, extending over the eye ; breast, white; bill,in adults, black. SUrnu fuUijbwsa. Sooty Tern. See No. 49. Back, soot^- or grayish l)rown; a white stripe from forehead, not reaching above theeye; bill, l)lack. Sterna anatlutus. Bridled Tern. See No. 50. Bnck, sooty brown; underparts, sooty brown. Anous stolidus. Noddy Tern. See No. 53. * Group 5. Wing, 11 to 13 inches long. Bill, black, not ti])ped with yellow; feet, blackish; back, pearl gray ; bill, comparativelyshort and stout. Gelorhdkhni nilotira. QuII-billed Tern. See No. 39. Bill, b
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