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here. Saunders makes a gratifying identification in the case of the trou- 

 blesome galericulatn, Licht., and it is to be hoped that his examination of 

 the type has settled that species. 



11. Sterna caspia, Pall. 



S. tschcgrava, Lepech. — S. caspica, Sparrm. — S. megarhynchos, Meyer u. 

 "Wolf. — > S. mclanotis, Hartl. — S. 'major, Ellman. — Thalasseus caspius, Boie. 

 ■ — Hydroprogne caspica, Kaup. — Sylochclidon caspia, Syl. balthica, Syl. schil- 

 lingii, Brehm. — Syl. strenuus, Gould. — Helopus caspius, "Wagl. — Thalassitcs 

 mclanotis, Sw. (type examined, H. S.). — Syl. melanotis, Bp. 



12. Sterna trudeaui, Aud. 



Phcetusa trudeauii, Bias. — Sterna frobccnii, Phil. & Landb. 

 A remarkably good species, but as doubtful as ever as a North Ameri- 

 can one. 4 



13. Sterna antillarum, Less. 



S. argentea, Nutt. — S. frenata, Gamb. — S. superciliaris, Cab., Cones, 

 1872, nee V. — S. Superciliaris var. antillarum, Coues, 1874. 



I was doubtless hasty in identifying our bird positively with Vieillot's, 

 but I am not prepared, without further showing than is in this paper, to 

 admit specific distinction in this case. S. minuta has a white rump and 

 tail ; in SS. superciliaris and antillarum the pearly color of the mantle 

 extends on these parts. But I was not aware of, or at least did not con- 

 sider, the difference in the color of the feet, as described by Mr. Saunders. 



14. Sterna aleutica, Baird. 



Sp. optima ! as the author agrees, differing from Dr. Finsch ; whatever 

 S. camtschatica, Pall., may be, it is not this. 



15. Sterna aneestheta, Scop. 



S. aneethetus (sic), Scop. — Haliplana anosthcetics (sic), Gray. — S. panay- 

 ensis, Gm. — S. panaya, Lath. — Haliplana panayensis, "Wagl. — Onychoprion 

 panayensis, S. & S. — Onychoprion panaya, Gould. — S. oahuensis, Bloxh. — 

 S. "antarctica, Cuv." — S. melanoptera, Sw. (type examined, H. S.) — S. in- 

 fuscata, Heugl. — Haliplana discolor, Coues. — ? Hydrochelidon somalensis, 

 Heugl. 



16. Sterna fuliginosa, Gm. 



Haliplana fuliginosa, and Onychoprion fuliginosa, "Wagl. — Planetis guttatus, 

 Wagl. — Sterna infuscata, Licht. ! (type examined, H. S.). — Thalassipora in- 

 fuscata, Gray. — Anous Vherminieri, Less. — S. gouldii, Reich. — S. luctuosa, 

 Phil. & Landb. — Halip. fuliginsosa var. crissalis, Bd. 



17. Anous stolidus, (L.). 



S. stolida, S. fuscata, L. — S. pileata, Scop. — S. senex, Leach. — S. unicolor, 

 Nordm. — • Anous stolidus, Gray. — Mcgaloptcrus stolidus, Boie. — A. niger, 

 A. fuscatus, A. spadicea, Steph. — A. rousseaui, Hartl. — [A. stolidus var. 

 f rater, Coues, pessime.] 



It is to be hoped that in his final monograph the author, who has thus 

 handled the subject so ably, will synonymize the genera in the same way 



