THE SOOTY TERN Sterna fuliginosa, J. F. Gmelin
Reading edition
Stragglers of this tropical species have on two or three occasions been met with on our coasts.
There is a white band across the forehead, which extends backwards over the eye on each side; rest of the upper parts deep sooty black; under parts white; outer web of outer tail feathers white. Bill and legs black. Length 17 in.; bill 2·1 in.; tail 7·5 in.; wing 11·75 in.