. Bird guide : water birds, game birds and birds of prey east of the Rockies . and rarelv NewYork. GULL-BILLED TERN 03. (ielocJiclidoH nilotica. 14 in. Differs from all other terns in the sliape of its blackbill, which is stout, but with the upper mandible nothooked nor curved, as in the gulls. Tail forked in. Adults have the crown black in summer, whilein winter the head is white, with the nape and spot infront of eye, black mixed with white. Young birds aresimilar to winter adults but have the back feathersmargined with brownish, and the neck streaked withgray. This species is found
. Bird guide : water birds, game birds and birds of prey east of the Rockies . and rarelv NewYork. GULL-BILLED TERN 03. (ielocJiclidoH nilotica. 14 in. Differs from all other terns in the sliape of its blackbill, which is stout, but with the upper mandible nothooked nor curved, as in the gulls. Tail forked in. Adults have the crown black in summer, whilein winter the head is white, with the nape and spot infront of eye, black mixed with white. Young birds aresimilar to winter adults but have the back feathersmargined with brownish, and the neck streaked withgray. This species is found only on our South Atlanticand Gulf coasts, and is not abundant anywhere. Notes.—A high, thin, somewhat reeay suggesting a weak voiced katydid (Chajiman). Nest.—A slight, unlined depression in the short mai-ligrass or on the beaches. Ihe three eggs are olive gra\spotted with black and brown (). Range.—Breeds in Texas and along the Gulf andSouth Atlantic coasts to Virginia; later, may wandernorth to New England; winters south of the U. 47 ^
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