. The birds of Ontario; being a concise account of every species of bird known to have been found in Ontario with a description of their nests and eggs and instructions for collecting birds and preparing and preserving skins, also directions how to form a collection of eggs . heir outer webs are white. Hab.—North America generally, breeding from Manitoba southward, in theUnited States to Virginia, Illinfiis, Texas and California: in wintei-, southwardto Brazil. Eggs, two or three, from greenish-white to drab, blotched and s])otted withbrowii and lilac of different shades. This is another of th Stock Photo

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. The birds of Ontario; being a concise account of every species of bird known to have been found in Ontario with a description of their nests and eggs and instructions for collecting birds and preparing and preserving skins, also directions how to form a collection of eggs . heir outer webs are white. Hab.—North America generally, breeding from Manitoba southward, in theUnited States to Virginia, Illinfiis, Texas and California: in wintei-, southwardto Brazil. Eggs, two or three, from greenish-white to drab, blotched and s])otted withbrowii and lilac of different shades. This is another of the sea swallows, a name which is indiscrim-inately applied to all the terns. The species is abundant and widelydistributefl. It is one of those found by Di-. ^facallum breeding onMohawk Island, in Lake Erie. Mr. Saunders reports it breeding onthe St. Clair Flats, and Macoun speaks of it breeding abundantlyin Lake Manitoba, Waterhen River and Lake Winnipegosis. Farthei-south, it is known to breed in Virginia, Texas, Illinois and California. Throughout Ontario generally, it is only a migrant in spring andfall. It is usually in company with the Common Tern, which it closelyresembles, the points of difference being leadily observed when thebirds are placed side V)y side.. 8TEKXA iniMXDO Lixx. 2(1 Common Tern. ((») 15111, re<l, lilackeuiiig on the teiiuiual lliiiil. the very jiniiit usually light ;feet, coral red ; mantle, pearly grayish-blue; ))iiniaiy shafts white, except at theend; below white, washed with pale pearly ])liunl)eous blanching on throat andlower belly; tail mostly white, the oii/tr web of the ontei- feather darker thaninner web of the same. Length of male, 14A (13-16); extent, 31 (29-32); wing, lOi (9^11J); tail, 6 (o-T); tarsus, i (§-i); l)ill, ^-U; whole foot, averaging If;female rather less, averaging towanl these minima; young birds may show alittle smaller, in length of tail particularly, and so of total length; length, 12 ormore; wing, 9 or more; tail, 4

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