d. S ad.; e. $ 



juv. sk. 

 f. 2 ad. sk. 



ff. Imm. sk. 

 h. Juv. sk. 



2. Ad. sk. 

 k. Imm. sk. 



/. Ad. sk. 

 m. Ad. sk. 

 n. Ad.sk. 



o. c? ad. sk. 



p. (S hi.; q. 5 



imm. sk. 

 r, s. Imm. sk. 



3. GELOCHELIDON. 



River Rupuruni, British 



Guiana, Feb. 7 {H. W.). 

 Oiu-iimee, British Guiana, 



Dec. 2-2 {II. W.). 

 Surinam (Dr. Kirke). 

 Island of Mexiana, mouth of 



the Amazons, Dec. 184:8 



{A. R. Wallace). 

 Brazil (Natterer). 

 South Brazil (from Berlin 



Mus.). 

 Parana River {Rogers). 

 Parana River {Rogers). 

 Parana River, April. 



Upper Ucavali, E. Peru, 



May 31 {E. Bartlett). 

 Pebas, Amazons, E. Pern, 



April 31 {J. Hauxioell). 

 Guayaquil River, Ecuador, 



June {Comm. MacFar- 



lane, R.N.). 



25 



Salvin-Godman Ooll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



H. Saunders Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 H. Saunders Coll. 



H. Saunders Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 H. Durnford, Esq. 



[P.J. 

 H. Saunders Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



H. Saunders CoU. 



3. GELOCHELIDON. „ 



Type. 

 Gelochelidon, Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 774 (1831) . . G. anglica. 

 Laropis, Wagler, Im, 1832, p. 1225 G. anglica. 



Range. Temperate aud warm regions of the Old World (except 

 South Africa), down to Australia ; also of America down to South 

 Argentina, but almost unknown on the Paciiic side. 



1. Gelochelidon anglica. 



? Egyptian Tern, Lath. Gen. Sgn. iii. pt. 2, p. 356 (1785: ex 

 Hasselqidst, Iter., 1757) ; id. Gen. Hist. x. p. 110 (1824). 



? Sterna nilotica, Gm. S. N. i. p. 606 (1788 : ex Hasselq.) ; Lath. 

 Ind. Orn. ii. p. 805 (1790). 



Sterna anglica, Mont. Orn. Diet. Sup2)l. fig. (1813 : type in Brit. 

 Mus.); Leach, Si/st. Cat. 3Iamm. ^-c. Brit. Mus. p. 41 (1816); Temm. 

 Man. d'Orn. 2nd ed. p. 744 (1820); Meger, Taschenb. iii. p. 188 

 (1822) ; Licht. Verz. DoJibl. p. 81 (1823 : Nubia) ; Fleming, Brit. 

 An. p. 143 (1828) ; Werner, Atlas, Palmiphdes, pi. 8 (1828) ; 

 Lesson, Truite, p. 621 (1831); Nemvied, Beitr. Naturg. Bras. iv. 

 p. 867 (1833: S. Brazil); Selbg, Brit. B. ii. p. 480, pi. 88. fig. 1 

 (1833) ; Nuttall, Man. Orn. ii. p. 269 (1834) ; Jeyigns, Man. Brit. 

 Vertebr. p. 269 (183.")) ; Egtun, Rarer Brit. B. p. 97, figs., and 

 Cat. B. B. p. 54 (1836) ; Guidd, B. Eur. v. pi. 416 (1837) ; 

 Atidid). B. Am. pi. 410; id. Sgnops. p. 316 (1839) ; id. Orn.Biogr. 

 v. p. 127 (1839): D'Orbigng, in Sar/ras N. H. Cuba, p. 215 

 (1839) ; Schinz, Europ. Faun. p. 374 (1840) ; Temm. Man. dOrn. 

 2nd ed. 4"° pte. p. 460 (1840) ; Xaum. Vog. Deutschl. x. p. 38, 

 pi. 249 (1840) ; Kegs. ^- Bias. Wirb. Eur. pp. xcviii & 247 (1840); 

 Nordtn. in Demid. Vog. Russ. Merid. iii. p. 278 (1840) ; Jerdon, 

 Madr. Joi/rn. xii. p. 224 (1840) ; Selgs-Lonr/ch. Faun. Belq. p. 149 

 (1842) ; Miihle, Orn. Griecherd. p. 146 (1844) ; Schl. Rev. Crit. 

 p. exxs (1844) ; Aud. B. Amer. vii. p. 81, pi. 4^30 (1844) ; Giraud, 



