SEENA. STERNA. 179 



106. Warba Islaud, Persian Gulf. Hume CoU 



3rd April (JE. A. £.). 

 3. Bass Straits, Australia. Gould Coll. 



Genus SEENA, BJyth. 



Seena seena (Syl-es). 



(Plate XIII. fig. 7.) 



Sterna seena, Zet/ffc, Birds Ceyl. p. 1003 (1880) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests 



i^- E;/(is Ltd. li. iii. p. 308 (1890). 

 Seena aurautia, Saunders, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. p. 37 (1896). 

 Seena seena, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 1.34 (1899). 



The eggs of the Indian River-Tern are of a very broad oval form, 

 extremely blunt at the smaller end, and frequently almost elliptical 

 in shape. The ground varies, being sometimes a greenish grey or 

 pale greenish stone-colour, and at other times a pale buflp or dark 

 cream-colour, occasionally tinged with pink or with olivaceous. 

 The markings, which are deep brown of one shade or another, 

 consist of small blotches, spots, short lines and irregular streaks 

 and are fairly evenly distributed over the shell. In a small propor- 

 tion of the specimens, the blotches are large, coarse, and few in 

 number. The underlying markings consist of clouds and spots of 

 . pale purple. The eggs measure from 1-5 to 1-75 in length, and 

 from 1-17 to 1-32 in breadth. 



13. India. Hume Coll. 



1. Sind. Hume Coll. 

 4. Delhi, 14th May (C. T. Biw/ham). Hume Coll. 

 9. JMirzapur, 2.5th March. Hume Coll. 



117. Allahabad, 7th Feb. (A. O. Hume). Hume Coll. 



7. Allahabad, 15th Feb. (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



75. Allahabad, 7th March [A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



7. Allahabad, 14tli March {A. O. H). Hume Coll. 



2. Allahabad, 18th March {A. O. H). Hume Coll. 



3. Etawah, 12th-15th March {A. Hume Coll. 



O. H.). 



2. Etawah, 16th March [A. O. H). Hume Coll. 



2. Etawah, 16th March (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 

 29. Port Canniug. Calcutta, 3rd April. Hume Coll. 



4. Futtehgurh, -oth April {A. Ander- Saunders Coll. 



son) . 

 1. Futtehgurh, 19th April (A. A.). Saunders Coll. 



5. Futtehgurh, 26th April {A. A.). Saunders Coll. 



3. Futtehgurh, 30th April {A. A.). Saimders Coll. 



4. Wazirabad, 9th May. Hume Coll. 



Genus STERNA, Linn. 



Sterna melanogaster, Temm. 



(Plate XIII. fig. 6.) 



Sterna melanogaster, Le(/(/e, Birds Ceyl. p. 1006 (1880) ; Oates ed, Hume, 



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