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Of aquatic birds, there were two kinds of Sterna and Larus; many thousands of Rynchops nigra, which were so numerous as to appear like clouds when they rose into the air; a Procellaria of the variety Nectris; two kinds of Podiceps, and an Aptenodytes of the variety Spheniscus.
The next day, 11th February, the larder of the Nautilus was enriched by some more delicate game. A flight of sea-swallows rested on the Nautilus. It was a species of the Sterna nilotica, peculiar to Egypt; its beak is black, head grey and pointed, the eye surrounded by white spots, the back, wings, and tail of a greyish colour, the belly and throat white, and claws red.
There is one specimen in the Museum, a young bird of the year. ARCTIC TERN. Sterna macrura, Naumann. French, "Hirondelle de mer arctique."
Crested Tern STERNA BERGII. Brown-winged Tern STERNA ANAESTHETA. Sooty Tern STERNA FULIGINOSA. White-shafted Ternlet STERNA SINENSIS. Black-naped Tern STERNA MELANAUCHEN. Noddy ANOUS STOLIDUS. White-capped Noddy MICRANOUS LEUCOCAPILLUS. White Ibis IBIS MOLUCCA. Straw-necked Ibis CARPHIBIS SPINICOLLIS.
During our passage to the equator, Sterna solida and Dysporus Sula alighted frequently on our vessel, and allowed themselves to be taken. The latter, when old, has a blue beak and red feet; when young, a red bill and flesh-coloured legs. The exterior nostrils are entirely wanting; but in every part are air-cells between the skin and the muscles.
They were a species of Sterna nilotica unique to Egypt: beak black, head gray and stippled, eyes surrounded by white dots, back, wings, and tail grayish, belly and throat white, feet red. Also caught were a couple dozen Nile duck, superior-tasting wildfowl whose neck and crown of the head are white speckled with black. By then the Nautilus had reduced speed.
Xema Jamesonii, WILS. Sterna poliocerca, GOULD. velox, GOULD. Sternella nereis, GOULD. Hydrochelidon fluviatilis. Diomedea exulans, LINN. cauta, GOULD. melanophrys, TEMM. chlororhyncha, LATH. fuliginosa.
Stendhal, see Bombet. Stenobothrus pratorum, stridulation. Stephen, Mr. L., on the difference in the minds of men and animals; on general concepts in animals; distinction between material and formal morality. Sterility, general, of sole daughters; when crossed, a distinctive character of species; under changed conditions. Sterna, seasonal change of plumage in.
On Larus, Gavia, and Sterna, see Macgillivray, 'History of British Birds, vol. v. pp. 515, 584, 626. On the Anser hyperboreus, Audubon, 'Ornithological Biography, vol. iv. p. 562. On the Anastomus, Mr.
It is included in Professor Ansted's list, but only marked as occurring in Guernsey. There are three specimens, an adult and two young, in the Museum. COMMON TERN. Sterna fluviatilis, Naumann. French, "Hirondelle de mer," "Pierre garin." The Common Tern is a regular but not numerous spring and autumn visitant to the Islands, some remaining to breed.
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