. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. -ai^^- . ^Kt3^-j. ARCTIC IKRN. Sterna i'AkAi> Char. Mantle pearl cray ; darker on the wings ; rump and tail white ; tail deeply forked ; lower parts gra\ tinged with ])earl gray almost as dark as the mantle; paler on the throat ; bill and feet deep carmine. Length 14 to 17 inches. In winter the lower parts are whiter, and the crown has more white than hhuk feathers ; also the bill and feet are dusky. A^i'
. A popular handbook of the ornithology of eastern North America [microform]. Birds; Ornithology; Game and game-birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Ornithologie; Gibier; Oiseaux aquatiques. -ai^^- . ^Kt3^-j. ARCTIC IKRN. Sterna i'AkAi> Char. Mantle pearl cray ; darker on the wings ; rump and tail white ; tail deeply forked ; lower parts gra\ tinged with ])earl gray almost as dark as the mantle; paler on the throat ; bill and feet deep carmine. Length 14 to 17 inches. In winter the lower parts are whiter, and the crown has more white than hhuk feathers ; also the bill and feet are dusky. A^i'sf. On tlie sand of a sea-beach, often amid shingle or drifted sea- weed; sometimes a slight hollow sparsely lined with grass or wocd-stems. /;";;';^f. 2-4 ; not easilv distinguished from those of S. hn :<.i:do, but usually of a darker ground color and more heavily marked ; ground color varies from bufi to huffish brown, and olive to olive brown, the markings of several shades of brown ; average size about X The name of this bird — like the names of too many other species—is misleadin-^; for while the bird ranges through the Arctic region and nests have been d'scovered as far north as lati- tude 82°, yet numbers breed on the islands of the Bay of Fundy and the coasts of Maine and Massachusetts. It is said to have been abundant in the last-named .State some years Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859; Chamberlain, Montague, 1844-1924. Boston : Little, Brown
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