BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 509 



H., xii, 1868, 126 (South Carolina).— Salvin, Ibis, 1866, 199 (Honduras).— 

 Leotaud, Ois. Trinidad, 1866, 539. — Allen, Proc. Essex Inst., iv, 1864, 90 

 (Massachusetts); Am. Nat., iii, 1870, 643 (Massachusetts, breeding). — May- 

 NARD, Nat. Guide, 1870, 186 (Massachusetts, common, breeding). — Fritsch, 

 Vog. Eur., 1870, 457, pi. 57, fig. 1.— Gould, Birds Great Brit., v, 1873, pi. 71 

 and text.— Walden, Ibis, 1874, 149 (Port Blair, Andaman Islands; crit.). — 

 Hume, Stray Feath., iii, 1875, 501 (Andaman Islands). — Gundlach, Repert. 

 Fisico-Nat. Cuba, i, 1866, 392; Journ. fiir Orn., 1875, 391 (Cuba); 1878, 163, 

 191 (Porto Rico); Orn. Cubana, 1876, 310; Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., vii, 

 1878, 411 (Porto Rico).— Cory, Birds Bahama Is., 1880, 212; ed. 1890, 212. 

 — Olphe-CtAlliarDj Contr. Faun. Eur. Occid., livr. x, 1886, 19. — Stahl, 

 Ornis, vol. 3, 1887, 453 (Porto Rico). 



[Sterna] paradisea Lawrence, Ann. Lye. N. Y., viii, 1867, 299 (vicinity New 

 York City).— Gray, Hand-list, iii, 1871, 119, no. 11038.— Coues, Key N. 

 Am. Birds, 1872, 321. 



S[terna] paradisea Gray, Gen. Birds, iii, 1846, 659. 



[Sterna] parndissea (not of Briinnich) Coues, Key N. .A.m. Birds, 1872, 321. 



Sterna paradissea Coues, Check List, 1873, no. 569. 



Sterna gracilis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1845 (pub. Oct.), 76 (Houtman's 

 Abrolhos, off w. coast Australia; coll. J. Gould?); 1847, 222 (Houtman's 

 Abrolhos); Bii-ds Australia, vii, 1848, pi. 27 and text; Handb. Birds Australia, 

 ii, 1865, 399.— REiCHENBAnH, Vog. Neuholl., 1850, 346.— Gray, Proc. 

 Zool. Soc. Lond., 1859, 166 (New Caledonia); Cat. ]\Iam. and Birds New 

 Guinea, 1859, 63; Cat. Birds Trop. Is. Pacific Ocean, 1859, 58. — Schlegel, 

 Mus. Pays-Bas, vi, no. 24 (Sternae), 1864, 19. — Finsch and Hartlaub, Faun. 

 Centralpolnes., 1867, 215.— Holdsworth, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1872, 481 

 (Ceylon). — Hume, Stray Feath., ii, 1874, 317 (Andaman Islands). — Legge, 

 Stray Feath., iii, 1875, 376 (Ceylon).— La yard (E. L. and E. L. C), Ibis, 

 1878, 265 (New Caledonia); 1880, 233 (Loyalty Islands, e. of New Caledonia) ; 

 1882, 540 (New Caledonia; habits; descr. eggs). — Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 N. S. W.. iv, 1880, 84; vii, 1883, 41 (Solomon Islands).— Tristram, Ibis, 1882, 

 144 (Solomon Islands). — Mathews, Birds Australia, ii, 1912, pi. [108] fac- 

 ing p. 358. 



[Sterna] gracilis Sharpe, Hand-list, i. 1899, 135 (Australia only). 



Sterna dougalli gracilis Cory. Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 82 (Antigua and Re- 

 donda, Lesser Antilles), 135 (crit.). — Bangs, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., xxxvi, 

 1901, 256 (Liu Kiu Islands; crit.); Proc. New Engl. Zool. Club, iii, 1903, 94 

 (Liu Kiu Islands). — Rothschild and Hartert, Novit. Zool., ix, 1902. 

 594 (Ysabel Islands, Solomon group; crit.; descr. eggs). — Hartert, Novit, 

 Zool., xii, 1905, 199 (Bedout Island, n. w. Australia). — Clark (A. H.), Proc. 

 Bost. Soc. N. H., xxxii, 1905, 257 (St. Vincent, Grenada, and Grenadines, 

 Lesser Antilles; crit.; habits; descr. nest and eggs). 



Sterna dougallii gracilis Mathews, Birds Australia, ii, pt. 4, 1912, 358, 365. 



Sterna dougallii bangsi Mathews, Birds Australia, ii, pt. 4, Nov. 1, 1912, 364 

 (Foo Chow, China; Liu Kiu I.^iands). 



Sterna dougallii korustes Mathews, Birds Australia, ii, pt. 4, Nov. 1, 1912, 364 

 (Andaman Islands, breeding). 



Sterna dougallii arideensis Mathews, Birds Australia, ii, pt. 4, Nov. 1, 1912, 

 364 (Seychelles, breeding). 



Sterna bicuspis Lichtenstein, Norn. Av. Mus. Berol., 1854, 98 (Bahia, Brazil; 



coll. Berlin Mus.). 

 Sterna tenuirostris Lichtenstein, Nom. Av. Mus. Berol., 1854, 98 (East Indies; 

 coll. Berlin Mus.).^ 



"According to Saunders, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxv, 1896, 72, but this name does not 

 occur in the copy of Lichtenstein' s Nomenclator in the Library of the L". S. National 

 Museum. A nomen nudum. 



