ao 



Hah. Europe, breeding south of about 60° N. lat. ; once in tha 

 Faeroes ; Africa in winter, to Loango on the west and Ab3fssinia 

 on the east ; not traceable in Asia beyond Western Turkestan. 



a. <S juv. sk. 



b, c. Ad. St. 



d. Juv. st. 



e. Ad. sk. 



/. Ad. sk. 

 g. Juv. sk. 

 h. S .iuv. sk. 



i. Juv. sk. 



k. S ad. sk. 

 I, m. S ad. sk. 



n. Ad. sk. 

 0, p. Pull. sk. 

 q, r. S ; s-v. 2 



ad. sk. 

 w, .1'. d ad. sk. 



y-b'. Tull. sk. 



c'. Ad. st. 

 d'. 5 ad. sk, 



e'. c? ad. sk. 

 /, ff', h'. d, i', 



k', I'. 5 ad. ; 



m',n!. c? juv.sk, 

 0'. 2 ad. ; /. S 



juv. sk. 

 q'. Juv. sk, 



r'. 2 ad. sk. 

 «', Juv. sk. 



f. Juv. sk, 

 m'. Juv. sk. 

 v'. Ad. sk. 

 w'. Ad. skel. 

 x'. Ad. skel. 



Yarmouth, Norfolk, Sept, 12. 

 River Thames. 

 Cookham, Berkshire. 

 Cookham, Aug. 29. 



Kent, 



Pagham, Sussex, Sept. 4, 



Mudeford Harb., Hants, Sept. 



(E. B. S.). 

 Nalsoe, Faeroes, Sept. 1866 



(if. C. Miiller). 

 Belgium. 

 Vaalkenswaard, Holland, May 



1853 (J. Baker). 

 Pomerania, June. 

 Galizia, Austria, July. 

 Hungary, April, June, July. 



Neusiedler Lake, May (-R. 



B. S.). 

 Blanc, Indre, France, June 



{Rene Martin). 

 Italy {J. Art/ent). 

 Palermo, Sicily, May {Prof. 



Doderlein). 

 Malta, Aug. G {C. A. Wright). 

 Valencia, Spain, July, Aug. 



Malaga, May «& Aug. 2. 



Andalucia, Aug. {F. W. For- 

 rester). 

 Seville, May 17. 

 Xanthus, Asia Minor. 



Tunis, N. Africa. 

 Victoria Eiver, Camaroons. 

 Fantee {H. T. Ussher). 

 Lake of Constance (Sept.). 

 England. 



H. Saunders CoU. 

 Mr. J. Baker [C.]. 

 Mr. W. Briggs [P.], 

 E. B. Sharpe, Esq, 



[P.]. 

 Col. Montagu [C.]. 

 Dr. A. Giinther [P.]. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Col. H. W. Feilden 



[P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Seehohm Coll. 

 H. Saunders Coll. 

 Hungarian National 



Museum [P.]. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



[P.-J. 

 H. Saimders Coll. 



Purchased. 



H. Saunders Coll. 



H. Saunders Coll. 

 H. Saunders Coll. 



H. Saunders CoU. 



H, Saunders Coll. 



H, Saunders Coll. 

 Sir Chas. Fellowes 



[P.]. 

 L. Fraser [C.]. 

 H. Saunders Coll. 

 Shelley Coll. 

 Dr. Giinther's Coll. 

 Purchased. 



4. Hydrochelidon surinamensis. 



L'Hirondelle de Mer : la grande espece, Fermin, Descr. Surinam, ii, 



p. 187 (1769 : chiefly this species). 

 Surinam Tern, Lath. Gen. Syn. iii. pt. 2, p.-352 (1785). 

 Sterna surinamensis, Gm. S. N. i. p. 604 (1788) ; Lath. Ind. Orn. ii 



p, 804 (1790). 

 Sterna plumbea, Wilson, Amer. Orn. vii. p. 83, pi. 60. fig. 3 (1813) 



Jard. ed. Wilson's Am. Orn. ii. p. 374 (1832). 

 Sterna nigra, /. Sabine, App. Franklin's Journ. p. 694 (1823) ; Bp, 



Obs. Nomencl. Wilson, no. 244 (1826) ; id. Ann. Lye. N. Y. ii. p. 355 



(1828) ; Sw. Faun. Bor.-Am., Birds, p. 415 (1831) ; Nuttall, Man. 



