of a Zoological Collection mm/, in Sumatra. Part 11. 349 



GALLFN l LA. 



1. GALLINULA obie» i u rs* 



This is probably only a variety of the Gallinula Chloropm 



STERNA. 

 1. STERNA 8TOLIDA, Linn. 



2. STERNA Cuii.ua f GW/. 



Sam ah laut. c^.y -*L 



The prevailing colour is a delicate Mueish-gre} <>r Kail ; the head 

 capped with black, with some white spots in front. Throat, 

 cheeks and lower tail-coverts white. Wings much longer than 

 the tail. Bill and legs dusky-red. 



3. STERNA Pan lYENsis? Gml. 



Blackish-brown above, white beneath. A white stripe from the 

 base of the bill to the eyes. Vertex black mixed with white ; 

 occiput, back of the neck and wings black. Tail of the co- 

 lour of the body. \Yings about the same length as the tail. 

 Bill and legs black. 



4. STERNA Su MATH AN A. 



A small species with short tail, and wings about the same length 

 with it. The prevailing colour is white, tinged on the back, 

 head and wing-coverts with light reddish-brown, and mixed 

 with a few dark spots. A blackish crescent extends from eye 



* GalVmuln orientaiis. Horsfidd, p. 195. 



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