Roseate tern and the bill black. Juvenile roseate terns have a scaly appearance like juvenile Sandwich Terns, but a fuller black cap than that species. This species breeds in colonies on coasts and islands, at times with other seabirds. In Australian territory, it has been recorded nesting alongside the black-naped tern ("S. sumatrana"), lesser crested tern ("Thalasseus bengalensis"), crested tern ("T. bergii"), fairy tern ("Sternula nereis"), bridled tern ("Onychoprion anaethetus") and silver gull ("Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae"). It nests in a ground scrape, often in a hollow or under dense vegetation, and lays one or two (rarely three) eggs. It is less defensive of
SY Tern accessible, though her facilities are not. a. SY is a ship prefix standing for steam yacht. When "Tern"s steam engines were replaced by diesel motors in 1956, the MY prefix, motor yacht, became appropriate. The prefix MV, motor vessel, is also used. b. The steam launches "Dolly" and "Esperance", and the steam barge , all in the collections of , are older, but have been out of service as museum exhibits for many years. SY Tern SY "Tern, now operating as MY "Tern, is a passenger vessel on Windermere, England. Launched in 1891 she was built for the steamer service