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5. Tortola Island, W. Indies (K C. 



Taylor). 

 22. Ascension Island. 



2. Ascension Island {Dr. Gill). 



4. Ascension Island, SOth April {Dr. 

 Purchas). 



6. Ascension Island {Lt. M. Squire, 



H.M.S. ' Flora '). 



7. Ascension Island. 



6. Ascension Island (Capt. Sperlinq, 

 R.N.). 



3. Ascension Island {Rev. H. Hmckiiis : 



Harf/itt Coll.). 

 2. Ascension Island. 

 28. Cherbaniani Eeef, Laceadive Islands, 



12tli Feb. {A. O. Hume). 

 2. Round Island, Mauritius. 



8. Australia. 



15. Raine Island, Barrier Reef, 



Australia. 

 17. Lord Howe Island (J?. Saunders). 

 11. Holland Island, Gilbert Group, 



Pacific Ocean. 

 8. Pliosnix Island, Pacific Ocean, 29th 



June. 



4. Christmas Island, Pacific Ocean, 



Oct. {J. R. H. MacFarlane, R.N.). 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Surg-eon Comry, R.N. [P.], 

 Saunders Coll. 

 Saunders Coll. 



Saunders Coll. 



Voy. H.M.S. ' Challenger.' 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



F. A. Barratt, Esq. [P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 



E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



Gould Coll. 



Voy. H.M.S. ' Challenger.' 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



J. J. Lister, Esq. [P.]. 



Saunders CoU. 



Sterna nereis (Gould). 

 (Plate XIV. fig. 1.) 



Sternula nereis, Gould, Handh. Birds Austr. ii. p. 402 (1865) ; Campbell, 



Nests (§• Egqs Austr. Birds, p. 67 (1883); North, Nests S,- Eggs 



Austr. Bird's, pp. 358, 404 (1889). 

 Sterna nereis, Buller, Birds Neiv Zeal. 2Dd ed. ii. p. 75 (1888) ; Saunders, 



Cat. Birds B. M. xx\. p. 112 (1896) ; Skarpe, Hand-l. i. p. 136 



(1899). 



The eggs of the Fairy Tern are of a broad oval form, rather 

 pointed at the small end. The ground varies from cream-colour to 

 light buff, and this is marked all over with spots and small blotches 

 of yellowish brown in some specimens, blackish brown in others. 

 These markings are well-defined. The underlying clouds and spots 

 are of a pale purple colour. Seven examples measure from 1*25 to 

 1*42 in length, and from 1 to 1'03 in breadth. 



New Caledonia. 

 West Australia. 



Saunders Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 



Sterna sinensis (Gm.). 



Sterna sinensis, Legge, Birds Ceyl. p. 1019 (1880) ; Parker, Stray 



Feathers, ix. p. 490 (1881) ; Gates ed. Hmne, Nests ^- Fggs Ind. B. 



iii. p. 312, part. (1890) ; Saunders, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. p. 113 



(1896) ; Sharpe, Band-l. i. p. 136 (1899). 

 Sternula sinensis. North, Nests S) Fggs Austr. Birds, p. 405 (1889) ; 



Seebohm, Birds Japan. Fmp. p. 298 (189U). 



