White; crown, hind-neck black; upper, wing-quills silvery-gray; bill long, stout, black; long legs and feet black; winter head white streaked black; f., sim. Small fish, insects. 1 1 =66 Caspian Tern=, Taranui, _Sterna (Hydroprogne) caspia_, cos. exc. S. Amer. [~65-66 _Genus Thalasseus._] c. _shore_ 20.5 Head, hind-neck black; back, wings, tail pale-gray; dark-gray wing-quills; under white; bill scarlet; dives; f., smaller. Fish. 10 37 =67* Crested Tern= (Swift, Rüppell, Bass-St., Torres-St.), Village Blacksmith, _Sterna bergii_, Red S., Indian O., to Japan to A., Pac. Is. v.c. _ocean_ 17 Crown, crest black; forehead, sides and back of neck, under, white; back, wings, tail dark-gray; bill yellow; legs, feet black; f., sim. Fish. =68 White-fronted Tern= (Southern), _S. striata (frontalis)_, E.A., T., N.Z. c. _shore_ 13 Upper delicate-gray; wing-quills grayish-black; forehead, side-neck, under white; bill, about eye, hind-neck black; f., sim. Small fish. =69 Bridled Tern= (Brown-winged, Panayan, Smaller-Sooty), _S. anaestheta_, tropical, sub-tropical seas. v.c. _shore_ 14.5 Upper light sooty-brown; forehead, line over eye, throat, under white; crown, nape, line from bill past eye black; bill, legs, feet black; like 70, but smaller; back, wings brown; f., sim. Fish. [Page 38] [Illustration: [81] [87] [102] [106] [107] [109] [119] [123] [125]] =81= Black-breasted Plover =87= Black-fronted Dottrel =102= Sharp-tailed Sandpiper =106= Australian Snipe =107= Australian Painted Snipe =109= Southern Stone-Curlew =119= White-fronted Heron =123= Nankeen Night Heron =125= Australian Bittern [Page 40] [Illustration: [70] [71] [72] [73] [74] [75]] =70 Sooty Tern=, Wide-awake, Egg-bird, _S. fuliginosa_ (_S. fuscata_, A.O.U.), tropical, sub-tropical seas, Br. (acc). [~70 _Sterna fuscata._] v.c. _shores_ 17 Upper, crown, wings, line from bill past eye, tail black; forehead, under white; bill, feet black; like 69, but larger, blacker above; f., sim. Fish, squid. "Oo-ee." =71* White-faced Ternlet=, Sea-swallow, Little (Fairy) Tern, Taraiti, _S. nereis_, A., N.Z. =vt. Eur. Little Tern. c. _shore_ 10.5 Upper silvery-gray; under, rump, tall, forehead white; crown, hind-neck black; bill, feet orange-yellow; f., sim. Small fish. [Page 41] 1 45 =72* Silver Gull= (Jameson), Seagull, Sea Pigeon, _Larus novae-hollandiae_, A., T., N. Cal., N.Z. (acc). Stat. c. _shore_, _inland_ 17.5 Head, neck, under, rump, tail white; back, wings delicate-gray; wing-tips white and black bars; bill, legs, feet blood-red; eye white; f., sim. Scraps, eggs, omnivorous. 1 1