114 



id. Zool Research. Java, p. 8 (1824) ; Cass. U.S. Expl. Exp. p. 243 

 (1858 : Loo-choo Is.l ; Swinh. IbU, 18G0, p. 68 ; id. op. cit. 1861, 

 p. 345 (Amoy and Formosa) ; JRadde, Eeise Sibir., Vog. p. 388 



(1863: Aigun, Lower Anioor) ; Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 121 



(1871 : partim) ; Bhjth &f Wald. B. Burm. p. 163 (1875) ; Tacz. 



Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1876, p. 261 (Lower Amoor) ; JTume, 



>Sfr. F. y\. p. 492 (1878 : Tonfrhoo) ; Steere, List Mamm. Sf B. 



Exped. Bhilipp. p. 27 (1890 : Mindauao). 

 ? Sterna siimatrana, Baffles, Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii.p. 329 (1821). 

 Viralva sinensis, Steph. in Shaw'' s Gen. Zool. xiii. pt. 1, p. 173 (1826). 

 Sterna pusilla, Te7nm. Man. d'Orn. 2nd ed. pt. 4, p. 465 (1840). 

 Sternula pusilla {Tetnm.), Boie, Isis, 1844, p. 183. 

 Sternula sinensis, Boie, Isis, 1844, p. 183 ; Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 18G3, 



p. 329 ; id. Ibis, 1863, p. 429 ; Holdsjc. P. Z. S. 1872, p. 481 



(Ceylon) ; David ^ Oustal. Ois. Chine, p. 527 (1877) ; Legge, Sir. 



F. i'ii. p. 377 (1875) ; id. op. cit. iv. p. 246 (1876) ; E. P. Rams. 



Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 201 (1878) ; A. MilUer, J. f. O. 



1882, p. 438 (Salanga I.) ; Salvad. Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. xviii. 



p. 408 ; id. Orn. Papuasia SfC. iii. p. 445 (1882) ; Tacz. Bull. Soc. 



Zool. France, 1885, p. 477 (Ussuria) ; id. P. Z. S. 1887, p. 611 ; id. 



op. cit. 1888, p. 469 (Corea); E. P.Ramsay, Tab. List B. Aiistr. 



p. 23 (1888) ; Salvad. Aggiiinfe Orn. Papuasia ^-c. p. 212 (1889) ; 



Seehohm, B. Japan. Emp.T^. 298 (1890) ; De la Louche, Ibis, 1892, 



p. 503 (Swatow, breedingr). 

 Sternula niinuta (wee L.), Sici7ihoe, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 430 ; id. op. cit. 



P- . 



breeding) ; A. B. Meyer, Ibis, 1879, p. 145 (Limbe Strs.) ; T orderin. 



Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. Ind. xliv. p. 207 (1884 : Java) ; id. op. cit. 



xlix. p. 420 (1889 : Sumatra). 

 Stenula placens, Gould, Ann. Nat. Hist. viii. p. 192 (1871); id. 



Bds. N. Guinea, v. pi. 72 (1876) ; Hume, Str. F. iii. p. 282 (1875: 



Torres Straits) ; E. P. Ramsay, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 437 (Queensland 



to Illawarra) ; Masters, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1877, p. 63 ; 



Ramsay, toin. cit. p. 386 (Gulf of Caqjentaria). 

 Sterna inconspicua, Masters, Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1877, p. 63 



(Cape York) ; Ramsay, op. cit. 1878, p. 201 ; id. Tab. List B. 



Austr. p. 23 (1888). 



Advit male in hrceding-plumage. Lores black from the base of 

 the bill to the eye ; forehead as far as little beyond the top of the 

 eye white; crown and nape black : mandible pearl-grey ; secondaries 

 bordered with greyish white ; shafts of the primaries pure white in 

 the outer, and pale grey in the upper ones ; outer web of the outer 

 primary and a broad line next the shaft on its inner web dark grey ; 

 on the succeeding primaries paler grey ; upper portions and edges of 

 inner webs white ; rump pearl-grey ; tail white ; underparts white : 

 bill gamboge-yellow, tipped with black ; tarsi and feet orange- 

 veUow. Total length 11 inches when the streamers are fully 

 "developed, culmen 1-4, wing 7*4, tail 5-7, depth of the fork 3-4, 

 tarsus 0-65, middle toe with claw 0-8. 



AdvJt female. Slightly smaller than the male and with less- 

 developed" tail-streamers. 



Adult in autumn. Similar, with more white on the forehead, and 



