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3. Faru Islands. Seebohm Coll. 



4. Fani Islands, June {E. Havgitt). Seebohm Coll. 

 43, I'arn Islands, June \H. Seebohm). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Carlskrt)ne, Sweden, 2Gth May. Seebohm Coll. 

 1. Kugen, Baltic, June {T. Holland). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Holstein, N. Germany, June (T. if.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Pomerania {T. H.). Seebohm Coll. 



Sterna longipennis, Nordm. 

 (Plate XIV. fig. 4.) 



Sterna longipennis, Seebohm, Birds Japan. Emp. p. 296 (1890); La Touche, 

 Ibis, 1892, p. 503 ; Saunders, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. p. 6?' (1896) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 135 (1899). 



Of the three eggs of Nordmann's Ternin. the Collection, one is of 

 a lengthened pointed oval form and the other two are broad ovals, 

 but with the smaller end distinctly pointed. The ground is of a 

 pale buff or greenish buff, and this is marked in the usual manner 

 with blackish brown and pale purple. The specimens measure 

 respectively : 1-6 by l-I ; 1'55 by 1-12; l-o by 1-12. 



3. Yokohama, Japan {H. Fryer). Seebohm Coll. 



Sterna albigena, Licht. 

 (Plate XIV. fig. 5.) 



Sterna senegalensis, Konig- Warth. Ibis, 1800, pp. 125, 432. 



Sterna albigena, Outes ed. Hume, Nests Sf Eggs hid. B. iii. p. 311, footnote 



(1890) ; Saunders, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. p. 69 (1896) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. I. p. 135 (1899). 



The eggs of Lichtenstein's Tern are mostly of an oval form, with 

 the smaller end pointed. The breadth of the egg varies a good deal 

 in relation to the length, some examples being narrow and lengthened, 

 and others being broad and short. The ground is typically of a 

 warm creamy buff-colour, but sometimes it is whitish with a faint 

 bluish tinge, and sometimes of a pale cream-colour. The markings 

 are sparingly distributed over the shell and consist of spots and 

 small blotches of various shades of brown, ranging from yellowish 

 brown and chocolate-brown to blackish brown. There are also the 

 usu&l pale purple underlying markings. Some specimens are nearly 

 unmarked ; others are marked with small dots only. Thoj' measure 

 from 1-48 to 1"71 in length, and from 1-07 to 1-21 in breadth. 



28. Island of Allah, Persian Gulf, 1st Hume Coll. 



June {E. A. Butler). 

 31. Island ofAUah, 10th June (£:. .4. jf?.). Hume Coll. 

 3. Island of Allah (E. A. B.). Saunders Coll. 



2. Tungistau Island, Persian Gulf, 8th Hume Coll, 



June (E. A. B.). 

 8. Island 16 miles south of Bushire, Hume Coll. 



13th July {E. A. B.). 

 1. Dhalak Archipelago, Red Sea Saunders Coll. 



(Konig-von- iVarthausen). 



