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  • Sooty tern Sterna fuscata, noddy Anous stolidus and grey ternlet Procelsterna cerula.

    Lord Howe Island Group, Australia 2008

  • The parents of the white-shafted ternlet (STERNA SINENSIS), the most sylph-like of birds, with others of the family, ever on the look-out, follow in circling, screaming mobs the disturbance on the surface of the sea caused by small fish vainly endeavouring to elude the crafty bonito and porpoise, and take ample supplies to the ever-hungry young.

    The Confessions of a Beachcomber 2003

  • The parents of the white-shafted ternlet (STERNA SINENSIS), the most sylph-like of birds, with others of the family, ever on the look-out, follow in circling, screaming mobs the disturbance on the surface of the sea caused by small fish vainly endeavouring to elude the crafty bonito and porpoise, and take ample supplies to the ever-hungry young.

    Confessions of a Beachcomber 1887

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