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CONTENTS

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© 2023 Princeton University Press, Princeton

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. DEDICATION iv
  3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS iv
  4. CONTENTS v
  5. INTRODUCTION TO TERNS AND SKIMMERS
  6. WHAT’S INCLUDED 1
  7. TAXONOMY 1
  8. IDENTIFICATION 2
  9. LIFE HISTORY 13
  10. MIGRATION 14
  11. HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE 15
  12. SPECIES ACCOUNTS
  13. LARGE TERNS: GENUS HYDROPROGNE 20
  14. CRESTED TERNS: GENUS THALASSEUS 27
  15. TRICKY THALASSEUS 55
  16. UPLAND TERNS: GENUS GELOCHELIDON 62
  17. MEDIUM-SIZED TERNS: GENUS STERNA 71
  18. STERNA TERN IDENTIFICATION 116
  19. LITTLE TERNS: GENUS STERNULA 126
  20. MARSH TERNS: GENUS CHLIDONIAS 134
  21. PELAGIC TERNS: GENUS ONYCHOPRION 151
  22. NODDIES: GENUS ANOUS 175
  23. SKIMMERS: GENUS RYNCHOPS 187
  24. ANSWERS TO QUIZ PHOTOS 197
  25. BIBLIOGRAPHY 198
  26. INDEX 202
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. DEDICATION iv
  3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS iv
  4. CONTENTS v
  5. INTRODUCTION TO TERNS AND SKIMMERS
  6. WHAT’S INCLUDED 1
  7. TAXONOMY 1
  8. IDENTIFICATION 2
  9. LIFE HISTORY 13
  10. MIGRATION 14
  11. HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE 15
  12. SPECIES ACCOUNTS
  13. LARGE TERNS: GENUS HYDROPROGNE 20
  14. CRESTED TERNS: GENUS THALASSEUS 27
  15. TRICKY THALASSEUS 55
  16. UPLAND TERNS: GENUS GELOCHELIDON 62
  17. MEDIUM-SIZED TERNS: GENUS STERNA 71
  18. STERNA TERN IDENTIFICATION 116
  19. LITTLE TERNS: GENUS STERNULA 126
  20. MARSH TERNS: GENUS CHLIDONIAS 134
  21. PELAGIC TERNS: GENUS ONYCHOPRION 151
  22. NODDIES: GENUS ANOUS 175
  23. SKIMMERS: GENUS RYNCHOPS 187
  24. ANSWERS TO QUIZ PHOTOS 197
  25. BIBLIOGRAPHY 198
  26. INDEX 202
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