Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 2'J'J 



Larus Philadelphia is claimed to have been seen at Long 

 Island, Bahamas. There is no actual record of the capture of 

 this species in the West Indies. 



Genus Gelochelidon Brehm. 



Gelochelidon Brehm, Naturg. Vog. Deutschl. 1S31, p. 774. 



Gelochelidon nilotica (Hasselq.). 



Sterna nilotica HAssELq. Reise nach Pal. Deutschl. Ausg. 1762, p. 325. 

 Sterna anglica Mont. Orn. Diet. Suppl. 1813. — D'Orb. in La Sagra's 



Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 321 (1S40).— Moore, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. 



Hist. XIX, p. 141 (1877) (Bahamas).— Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 



209 (1880) ; ib. List Bds. W. L p. 33 (18S5). 

 Gelochelidon aranea Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VH, p. 308 (1S60) 



(Cuba).— GuNEL.J. f. O. 1862, p. 94 (Cuba). 

 Gelochelidon anglica GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 392 (1S66) ; 



ib. J. f. O. 1875, p. 388 (Cuba). 

 Gelochelidon nilotica Stejn. Auk, I, p. 366 (1884). 



Bahamas and Antilles. 



Genus Sterna Linn. 



Sterna LiNN^us. Syst. Nat. I, ed. 10, p. 137 (i7.s8); /*• ed. 12, p. 227 

 (1766). 



Sterna maxima Bodd. 



Sterna maxima Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. p. .s8 ^1783). — Saunders, P. Z. S. 

 1876, p. 655 (W. L).— Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 198 (1878) 

 (St. Vincent) ; ib. p. 48S (Antigua) ; ib. p. 242 (Barbuda) ; ib. p. 277 

 (Grenada); ib. p. 462 (Gaudeloupe).— A. & E. Newton, Handb. 

 Jamaica, p. 117 (1881).— Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 178 

 (i88s) ; ib. List. Bds. W. I. p. 33 (1885)- 



Sterna cayennensis D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 319 

 (1840:). 



Thalasseus cayanus Gosse, Bds. Jam. p. 431 (1847). 



Thalasseus regius A. & E. Newton, Ibis, 1859, p. 371 (St. Croix).— 

 GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 392 (1866).— Lawr. Ann. 

 Ljc. N. Y. VIII, p. 103 (1S67) (Sombrero). — GuNDL. J. f. O. 1874, 

 p. 314 (Porto Rico) ; ib. 1875. p. 3S8 (Cuba) ; ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. 

 Hist. Nat. VII, p. 410 (1S7S) (Porto Rico). 



Sterna regia Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 134 (1S59) (Baha- 

 mas) ; «•*. XI, p. 98 (1S67) (San Domingo).— SCL. P. Z. S. 1861, 



