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Title: A history of British birds. By the Rev. F.O. Morris ..
Year: 1862 (1860s)
Authors: Morris, F. O. (Francis Orpen), 1810-1893
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: London, Groombridge and Sons
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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h white; chin and throat, white; thebreast, blackish grey on each side. Back, dark hoary greyishbrown, the edges of the feathers being yellowish white. Greaterand lesser wing coverts, dark hoary grey with a tinge of reddishbrown, the shafts white; greater and lesser under wing coverts,white. Tail, pale grey, underneath lighter-coloured, the shaftswhite; upper tail coverts, pale grey; under tail coverts, white.Legs and toes, bluish grey, with a tinge of pale yellowish orreddish brown. The female nearly resembles the male; the chin has a fewtouches of white. The back is of a paler shade of lead-colour. In the young of the year the bill is brownish black; forehead,white; the neck has a white collar; the chin, throat, and breast,are described as white; back, light slate-colour, the feathersmargined with brown or white, or a mixture of both.Primaries, daik slate grey, the first one leaden grey; greaterand lesser under wing coverts, white. Tail, slate grey; uppertail coverts, greyish white.
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&J. WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN. SILYEE-WINGED BLACK TERl^. Sterna leucoptera, Schinz. Gout.d. Temminck. Yarrrli^. Sterna— ? Leucoptera. Leucos—White. Pteron—A wing. This bird appertains to the northern parts of Africa, Tunis,and other districts, and the southern parts of Europe, affectingthe bays and inlets of the Mediterranean and its islands—Sicily, and others. It is very common about the Straits ofGribraltar, and on the lakes of Switzerland; also in Italy, andis included in the birds of Spain, Norway, Sweden, and Germany.In Asia, it has been noticed on the shores of the Black Sea. One of these birds was shot on the 17th. of May, 1853, atHorsey, near Yarmouth, Norfolk; a material guarantee, itmay be hoped, for the future occurrence of others in ourcountry. In Ireland, one was shot by J. Hill, Esq., on the RiverShannon, in the year 1841; one also in Dublin. They arrive at their summer haunts in the month of May,and disappear in July and August. They feed on dragon-flies and

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