LARID^. 337 



1673. Skeleton. 0. 0. 1233. (Ribs and toes defective.) 



South CoUedion. 



1674. Skeleton of trunk. From St. Paul's Island, Alaska ; 



collected by H. W. Elliott. 0. 0. 1233 a. 



Presented hy the Smithsonian Institution. 



1675. Sternum, with right coracoid, scapula, and furcula. 



S. S. 1392. Purchased. 



Rissa brevirostris. 



Larus brevirostris, Bruch, J. f. O. 1853, p. 103. 



lUssa brevirostris, A. 0. U. Check-list N. Am. B, p. 107 (1886). 



The Red-legged Kittiwake. 



IIa/>. Coast and Islands of Bering Sea. 



1676. Skeleton. From St. Paul's Island, Alaska ; collected by 



H. W. Elliott (Sm. no. 12583). 0. C. 1233 b. 



Presented hy the Smithsonian institution. 



Subfamily S T E R N I N Ji. 



Genus STERNA. 

 Brisson, Oni. vi. p. 202 (17G0). 



Sterna fluviatilis. 



Sterna hirundo, Liuiueus, Syst. Xat. i. p. 277 (17G6), 

 Sterna fluviatilis, Xaumauu, Isis, 1819, p. 18-17; Sauuders, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. 1876, p. 649. 



The Common Tern. 



Ilab. Northern Euro[)e, Asia, and America; migrating south 

 to Africa and South America. 



1677. Skeleton. 0. C. 1239 a. Yarrell Collection. 



1678. Sternum, with shoulder-girdle. 



From the Zoological Society. 



I'ART III. 



