122 LARIDiE. 



k'. cJ juv. sk. Xodlar Bay, Ceylon, Oct. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



(W. V.Legge). [P.]. 



v. 5 imm. sk. Mouth of Nahr-wida-ganga, H. Saunders Coll. 



Ceylon, Oct. ( W. V. L.). 

 m'. 2 vix ad. sk. Hanibantota, Nahr-wida- H. Saunders Coll. 



ganga, June ( W. V. L.). 

 n'-p. 2 imm. sk. Lower Pegu, Nov. and E. W. Oates Coll. 



April. 



29. Sterna antillarum. 



Sterna niinuta [nee L.), Wilson, Amer. Orn. \n. p. 84, pi. 70. fig. 2 

 (1813) ; Bp. Obs. Nmnencl. Wilson, no. 242 (1826) ; id. Ann. Lye. 

 N. Y. ii. p. 3.5-5 (1828) ; Jard. ed. Wilson's Amer. Orn. ii. p. 371 

 (1832) ; Audub. Orn. Biog. iv. p. 17-5 (1838) ; id. Synops. p. 321 

 (18.39) ; id. B. Amer. 8vo, vii. p. 119, pi. 439 (1844) ; Giraud, B. 

 Long I. p. 350 (1844) ; Lembeije, Av. Cuba, p. 123 (1850) ; Putnam, 

 Fr. jEsse.v Inst. i. p. 221 (1856) ; Sharpe, Ibis, 1872, p. 74 (Nagua 

 River, Fantee). 

 Sterna argentea, Nuttall, Man. Orn. ii. p. 280 (1834 : n£c Neuwied, 

 1820) ; Bp. Co7iip. List, p. 61 (1838) ; Gosse, B. Jamaica, p. 437 

 (1847) ; Leot. Ois. Trinid. p. 545 (1866). 

 ? Sternula bailloni, Boie, Isis, 1844, p. 183 (Newfoundland). 

 Sternula antillarum, Less. Lescr. Mamm. et Ois. p. 256 (1847 : 



Guadeloupe). 

 Sternula melanorhynclia, Less. Lescr. 3Iamm, et Ois. p. 252 (1847 : 



juv., Guadeloupe). 

 Sterna frenata, Gambel, Pr. Philad. Acad. 1848, p. 128 ; Baird, Cass., 

 <§• Later. B. N. Amer. p. 864 (18-58) ; Baird, Cat. N. Amer. B. 

 no. 694 (18.59) ; Breicer, Pr. Bost. Soc. N. H. vii. p. -308 (1860 : 

 Cuba) ; Cot(es ^ Prentice, Smiths. Pep. 1861, p. 418 (Washing- 

 ton); Gundl. J.f. O. 1862, p. 93 (Cuba); Dresser, Ibis, 1866, 

 p. 44 (Texas) ; Turnbull, B. E. Pennsylv. p. 39 (1869; ; Snoto, 

 B. Kansas, p. 12 (1873). 

 Sternula australis, Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 98 (1854 : South Africa) *. 

 Sternula frenata, Bp. C. R. xlii. p. 773 (1850). 

 Sternula superciliaris {nee V.), Cab. J.f. O. 1857, p. 232 (Cuba). 

 Sterna antillarum. Cones, Pr. Philad. Acad. 1862, p. 552 (revision) ; 

 id. Ibis, 1864, p. 390 (Brit. Honduras) ; Later. Ann. Lye. N. Y. 

 viii. p. 106 (1864: Sombrero); Giindl. Pep. Fisieo-Nat. Cuba, i. 

 p. 393 (1866) ; Sah'in, Ibis, 1866, p. 199 (Brit. Honduras) ; Bryant, 

 Pr. Bost. Soc. N. H. xi. p. 98 (1867 : San Domingo) ; Coues, Pr. 

 Essex Inst. v. p. 308 (1868 : New England, breeds) ; Coues, Pr. 

 Philad. Acad. 1871, p. 45 (North Carolina, breeds) ; Sel. Sf Salv. 

 P. Z.S. 1871, p. 671 (revision) ; iid. Nomencl. Av. Neotr. p. 147 

 (1873); Ridgto. Ann. Lye. N. Y. x. p. 391 (1874: Illinois); 

 Gundl. J.f. O. 1874, p. 314 (Porto Rico) ; id. op. cit. 1875, p. 391 

 (Cuba) ; id. Orn. Cuba, p. 310 (1876) ; Satmdeis, P. Z. S. 1876, 

 p. 661 (revision Sterninse) ; Latvr. Bull. U.S. N. Mus. iv. (1876) 

 p. 52 (Tehuantepec) ; Gundl. J.f. O. 1878, p. 163 (Porto Rico) ; 

 Lawr. Pr. U.S. Nat. Mtis. i. p. 68 (1878: Dominica); A. ^- E. 

 Netjoton, Handb. Jamaica, p. 117 (1881) ; Ridgio. Bull. U.S. Nat. 

 Mus. no. 21, p. 53 (1881) ; Sahin, Cat. StricM. Coll. p. 625 (1882) ; 

 Baird, Breiver, ^ Ridgio. Water-B. N. Amer. ii. p. 309 (1884) ; 

 Cory, B. S. Lomingo, p. 179 (1884) ; id. List B. W. Ind. p. 33 



* Type iu Berlin examined and compared with American specimens. 



