ORDER LONGIPENNES. 93 



65. Sterna maxima BODD. 



Royal Tern. 



Sterna maxima BODD. Tabl. P. E. 1783, 58. 



[B 683, C S 62, R68i,C 794.] 



HAB. Tropical America, and warmer parts of North America, north- 

 ward to Massachusetts, the Great Lakes, and California. West coast 

 of Africa, north to Tangiers. 



66. Sterna elegans GAME. 



Elegant Tern. 



Sterna elegans GAME. Pr. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. IV. 1848, 129. 



[B 684, C 563, R 682, C 795.] 

 HAB. Pacific coast of America, from California to Chili. 



67. Sterna sandvicensis acuflavida (CABOT). 



Cabot's Tern. 



Sterna acuflavida CABOT, Pr. Boston Soc. N. H. II. 1847, 257. 

 Sterna sandvicensis acnJJavida RIDGW. Water B. N. Am. II. 1884, 

 288. 



[B 685, C 564, R 683, C 796.] 



HAB. Tropical America, northward along the Atlantic coast, irregu- 

 larly, to Southern New England. 



SUBGENUS STERNA 



Sterna LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 137. Type, by elimination, S. 

 hirundo LINN. 



[68.] Sterna trudeaui Aim. 



Trudeau's Tern. 



Sterna trudeaui AUD. Orn. Biog. V. 1839, 125, pi. 409. 

 [6687, C 571, R 684, C 802.] 



HAB. Southern South America. Casual, or accidental, on the At- 

 lantic coast of the United States (New Jersey, Long Island). 



