the Solway F rith ; and Mr. Wm. Thompson notices it as a
regular summer visitant to Ireland.1
M. Nilsson says it is common in summer oh the shores of
the Baltic ; and it is said to visit Russia and Siberia. . It is
not very common in the interior of Germany^ hut is-included
In the'different histories of the 'birds of thatcountry.^ It is*'
abundant on the coasts of Holland and . France, but not commonly
found inland. M. Savi includes it in his Birdsr of
Italy, and it is sait to have - beenhfound at the Black and the
Caspian Seas; but it is not mentioned in the cataloguejwof the
Russian naturalists who have,.-lately visited*.these Joealities.
Mr. Gould mentions having received, this; species from India,
and ifrfis a common-species in thqhJJnited^taffe.s.
In the adult bird mf summer the beak is-orange, tipped
with black; irides dusky; forehéad white, crown o£~%£$tead
and the .nape yet 'black; back and wingaimtiiform^dedicate
pearl-grey, the first, second, and sometimes thé third primary
slatejgrey ; upper tail-coverts' and taibfeathers. whitejtb^ll-
forked ; chin, throat, sides of neck, breast, and all the under
surface of the body pure white ;^gs^t#^,hahd-membranes
orange. The whole length of thhhird raflher more.than eight
inches ; from the wrist to the end of the. wing sixr inches and
three-quarters. The adult bird, in winter onlySwariös in
having the head dull blacky instead of deep black.
The young bird of the" year; as figured, has ’ the point of
the bill ’ dark brown, the base pale brownforehead and
crown mottled with dusky brown, /hhd^greyish^ttd, more
uniform in colour on the nape, and darker; back, wing-
coverts, and tertials ash-grey, margined with' dusky black;
primaries • of theinner webs whi'te^ i secondaries
ash-grey;- tail-feathers spotted with^dusky grey towards
the ends ; chin, sidëé e f neck, breast, and all the .under surface
white; legs pale brown.
NATATORES. LARIDÆ.
T H E BLACK T E R N .
iSter^i0i,iyes,. .'f f i k M i h Y$* "* P* l -
/ •••,>. , i t ■ » ' ) / 201.
Mont. Omith. Dict.
'-Bewick, Brit. Birds, p. 217.
F LEM.Brit.vAn. p . 144.
[Selby, B n $ ?O rtiith . v b l;ii,'p . 477.
J enyns* B rit. V e r t. p. 268.
GckfLp, B ird s o f E u ro p e , p t. iv .
, , , ,, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. vol. ii. p. 749.
T he B l a c k T ern, of which we have figured an old male
in'hihhiimmer dress, and a young bird of the year in autumn,
fsTikb the* other Terns only a summer-visiter here, but differs
from them a little in its habits, seldom associating with them,
or seen- on the sea-coast except in spring, at the period of its
arrival, or in autumn, when about! to. take leave for the winter.