and Description of Birds from the Island of Java. I < M I 



Spec. 3. Sterna media milii. 



S.fronte cervice postice etpartibus inferioribus albis pileo albo 

 nigroque vario, nucha atva, alis dorso urop\ oioqut' ulaucis, 

 remigibus supra fuscis cano pulverulentis, subtus dimidio ex- 

 teriore intense olaucis interiore albis. 

 Toy ax G-kacher Javanis. 



Longitudo 15 poll. 

 The feet are black, the bill is greatly lengthened, and the in- 

 terior border of the sixth, seventh and eighth remiges, which Is 

 white, is very regularly defined. 



Spec. 4. Sterna grisea mihi. 



S. supra grisea, corpore subtus annulo collari fronteque albis. 



remige exteriore nigricante, rostro nigro. 



Puter-lahut Javanis. 



Longitudo 9 poll. 



Spec. 5. Sterna affinis mihi. 



S. alba, dorso tectricibusque plumbeo-griseis, remigibus cam's 

 interne subfuscescentibus. 



Allied to Sterna Anglica, Montagu. 



Fam. XXVII. Anatid^e Leach. 



Gen. 77- Anas Linn. 



Spec. 1. Anas Javanica mihi. 

 A. alis supra medium caudaque juxta uropygium castaneis, 

 dorso cum partibus inferioribus alarum nigro fuscescentibus, 

 collo sordido fulvo canescente, gula pallidiore, abdomine ca>- 

 taneo-vinaceo. 



Melivis Javanis. 



Longitudo 17 poll. 



Pileus 



