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Title: Report on the birds of Pennsylvania : with special reference to the food habits, based on over four thousand stomach examinations
Identifier: commercialpoultr11 (find matches)
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Warren, Benjamin Harry, 1858-
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Harrisburg : E. K. Meyers, State Printer
Contributing Library: Penn State University
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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fc^ CO cv": Fern .^^.â ^ ⢠^ (Nl 'xs 'Oi oi J^ ^ * BFRDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. 19 and feet black. Length 21; inches; extent of wings 51 inches."âZJairrf's Birds of North America. Habitat.âNearly cosmopolitan ; in North America breeding southward to Vir- ginia, Lake Michigan, Texas, Nevada, California. The Caspian Tern has been observed in but few locaUties in this state. Hon. J. J. Libhart, in his ornithological report, published in the history of Lancaster county, Pa., records the capture of two of these birds "on the Susquehanna at Marietta, September 21, 1847." About three years ago Mr. Joseph Krider, of Philadelphia, had in his possession an adult Caspian Tern, which a customer had brought to him to be mounted. This bird was said to have been shot in Delaware county, near Chester city. Mr. George B. Sennett has in his collection one or two specimens of this species, taken at Erie bay, where nearly every fall, in September and October, a few of these birds are seen. Sterna maxima Bodd. Royal Tern. Description. This bird ranks next in size to the Caspian Tern. Bill about as long but much more slender than bill of Caspian Tern ; tail conspicuously forked. Adult.âFront, lop and back of head glossy-black (some specimens have front of head wliite) ; back and wings pale bluish-gray ; rump and upper tail coverts white ; tail nearly white ; under parts white; bill deep reddish-yellow ; tarsi black ; iris brown. Length about 20 inches ; extent about 43 inches. Habitat.âTropical America and warmer parts of North America, northward to Massachusetts, the great lakes and California. West coast of Africa, north to Tan- gle rs. The Royal Tern, which breeds in great colonies along the Atlantic coast, from Virginia southward, is a very rare and irregular visitor in this state. Henry B. Graves records the capture of a specimen in Berks county, in September, 1879. Dr. John W. Detwiller, of Bethlehem, Pa., has also observed this beautiful Tern as a straggler in our state. I have never seen this bird m Pennsylvania. Sterna forsteri Nutt. For8t«r's Teni. DESfRirTION. " Adtdt.âUpper part and sides of the head, to a line Just below the eye, and hind neck black ; back and wings bluish-gray ; primaries grayish-white on the outer webs and dusky-gray on the inner next the shaft, and over the entire web at the end, darker on tlio inner margin ; the remaining portion of inner webs white; tail bluish-gray, except the outer web of the outer tail feather which is white ; the inner web of this feather blackish-gray for about two inches from the end ; rump white with a slight tinge of pale bluish-gray ; sides of head, throat and entire under surface white ; in the dried s()ecim(;ns bill is orange-3'ell()w at the base, black near the end, with the tip ()ale yellow; legs and feet scarlet. Ijength al)out 15 inches; extent about 30 inches."âliaird'n Birds of N. A. COLOR PLATE

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