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w a te r la k e s , a n d uiorasseB., p a r tic u la r ly th o s e o f H o lla n d a n d Germany, a n d ' extending thence
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sp e c ie s a s s em b le s to b r e e d ' in flocks m o re o r le s s n um e ro u s among the flags arid 'willows wh
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a n d b la ck.
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pkirpQte, ifijg j p ¡m.mner o f flight, I r a n d ie tru e T e r n s , w lu d f 'm a y a t o n c e b e d is tin g u ish e d f t
ve ry wvf sw a llow-like fo r® o f f t a l , an d J» y th e .« 'g iv in g a jJrdfe rene e '•> i t «11 a»«! • •
th e y ysfiteh consi&te pa-a g r e a t mttufttap' o f sm a ll fish ,/¡¡’.dltiscti a n d o ilie r a torwi
b u t ilk pf'!:--,:'"''•. ;i * i w c .find; th e w h ig Iosif tilonltuted, a n d th e taff fost) fo rk ed th e l a r v lonm*!
le s s w eb b ed , wHlivt-. food in ta k e n a lm o s t sole ly .d«*ing f lig h t, a n d o f r i n g e d in s e c ts , i
flie s, a n d Abe fergusf s p e c ie s o f g ah j» , to w h ich wre a d d e d a rum th 1. larwat. m ti -.r-xu<k;«*tBy $«*«8 i
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T e rn s , is sm o o th ¿mil r a p id , w h ile tb e hird, c o n tin u e s to p a s s 'a n d raneifo o v e r af u & m e sm c # Hk
in s e a rc h o f i t s 'ia s e c t food. I n E n g la n d , th e B la c k T em a p p e a r s to 'at, m:g<-; us
s e a so n is o v e r, a n d r e tu rn in g th e following a n tin g j a c irc um s ta n c e we sh o u ld considlV to take
th e n o r th e rn p o r tio n s o f E u ro p e . ' A lth o u g h tb e y o u n g o f all th e T e rn s d iffe r i a tioionr from 1
th e c o n tr a s t o f th e p r e s e n t s p e c ie s is th e m o s t rem a rk a b le , th e co lo u rin g o f t h e tnfo b e in g a tiaosi
o p p o s i te ; th e y n o tw ith s ta n d in g so o n a s sum e »he ad u lt atone o f co lo u rin g , a n d In a b o u t eighi
th e i r m a tu r e live ry. T h e n u d e s a n d f em a le s a r c a lik e in p lum ag e .
T h e a d u lt b ird s h av e th e b e a k , h e a d , n e c k a n d b r e a s t b la c k , b e c om in g m l e r cm tb e ab d o im
o f th e u p p e r s u r f k 'c a n d ta il o f a fu lig in o u s g r e y $ v e n t a n d u n d e r tiul-coverks w h i te ; le g s dnsl
b'rovm. T h e y o u n g Have t h e fo re h e a d , c h e c k s , n e c k , a n d w h o le o f th e u n d e r surfa c e ’ of a pit
to p o f t h e h e a d a n d o c c ip u t g re y ish Iw ht m . ‘he b a c k , w io g s a n d tm l ’grey* in te r m in g le d w ith b
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