STERNA. 191 



conspicuous. The cj^gs measure from l-G to 1-88 in length, and 

 from I'lo to 1"3 in breadth. 



1. Saddle Cay, Brit. Honduras, 10th Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



May (O. Sahm). 

 15. Curlew Cay, Brit. Honduras, 14th Salviu-Godman Coll. 



May (O.'S.). 

 9. Island IG miles south of Bushire, Hume Coll. 



Persian Gulf, 13th July (E. A. 



Butler). 

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



June (E. A. B.). 

 ■2. Island of Allah, i^9th May {E. A. Hume Coll. 



B.). 



1. Tungistan Island, Persian Gulf, 8th Hume Coll. 



June {E. A. B.). 



2. North Australia (J. MacgiUioray). Voy. H.M.S. ' Pattlesnake.' 

 6. Montalivet Island, N.W. Australia, P. 'W. Bassett Smith, Esq. 



7th July. [P.]. 



1. Dirk Hiutog Island, West Australia. Gould Coll. 



3. Australia. Earl of Derby [P.]. 



3. Polynesia. Saunders Coll. 



Sterna fuliginosa, Om. 



Sterna fulijrinosa, Thien. Forfpjlanz. ges. Viig. tab. Ixxxii. fig. ■'> (1845- 

 54) ; Dresser, Birds Eur. \n\. p. 307 (1877) ; Leyge, Birds Ceyl. 

 p. 1036 (1880) ; Saunders, Zool. ' Challeiu/er ' E.vped. ii. pt. viii. 

 p. 136 (1880) ; Sclater, t. c. p. 151 (1880) ; Baird, Breiver 4" Ridgtv. 

 Water Birds N. Am. ii. p. 312 (1884) ; M ibie-Edwards i^- Grandidier, 

 Hist. Nat. Madag., Ois. ii. p. 660, pi. 308. figs. 7, 7 a (1885); 

 Seebohm, Brit. Birds, iii. p. 292, pi. 48 (1885) ; MacFarkine, Ibis, 

 1887, p. 213 ; North, Nests ^- Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 357, pi. xxi. 

 fig. 1 (1889) ; Oates ed. HuDie, Nests &; Ei/gs Ind. B. iii. p. 303 

 (1890) ; Lister, P. Z. S. 1891, p. 296; Seebohm, Eqgs of Brit. Birds, 

 p. 104, pi. 30. figs. 4^6 (1896) ; Saunders, Cat. 'Birds B. M. xxv 

 p. 106 (1896) ; SharjK, Hand-l i. p. 136 (1899). 



Haliplana fuliginosa, Baedeher, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 32. fig. 5 (1855-63). 



Onychoprion fuliginosa, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 408 (1865). 



The eggs of the Sooty Tern are of much the same type as those of the 

 Panayan Tern, but are somewhat larger ; the surface-markings are 

 coarser and of a brighter reddish brown, and they frequently blend 

 together at the broad end, to form an irregular cap or zone ; the 

 ground is more persistently of a cream-colour, and comparatively 

 few eggs are tinged with pink ; the underlying markings are 

 generally large and show up well. Specimens measure from 1"85 

 to 2-2 in length, and from 1-25 to 1'5 in breadth. 



1. North America {Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



2. Tortugas, Florida {S. L. Greenwood: Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



llenshaio Coll.). 

 2. Florida Cays {H. E. Dresser). Saunders Coll. 



4. Florida {Holbert : Hemluiw Coll.). Salvin-Godmau Coll. 



1. Euatan Is., Honduras. Salviu-Godman Coll, 



2. Pedro Cay, Jamaica {E. C. Taylor). Salviu-Godman Coll. 



