Dec. 20, 1922.] Birds of the Indian Enqnre. ' 225 



2012. (1508) Sterna dougalli korustes. The Eastern Rosy 



Tern. 



Sterna korustes Hume., 'S.F., ii., p. 318 (1874) 

 {Andamans). 



Ceylon, Andamans, Teuasserim Islands, etc. 



2013. (1510) Sterna albifrons albifrons. The Little Tern. 



Sterna albifrons Pall., Vroeg's Cat., p. 6 (1764), 

 (Holland). 



Temperate Europe, Central Asia. Winter, N. 

 W. India, (sea-coasts), 



2014. (1510) Sterna albifrons gouldi. Hume's Little Tern. 



Sterna gouldi Htinie, S.F., v., p. .326 (1877), {Upper 

 India). 



Breeding on the larger rivers of N. India ; 

 extreme W. to E. 



2015. (1509) Sterna albifrons sinensis. The White-shafted 



Little Tern. 



Sterna sinensis Gmel., 8. N. i., p. 605 (1789), {China). 



Ceylon, Burmese and Malayan coast eastwards 

 (sea coasts). 



'•2016. (1511) Sterna albifrons saundersi. The Black-shafted 

 Little Tern. 



Qterna aaundevsi Hume, 8. F., v., p. 324-326 (1877), 

 {Karachi). 



Resident, breeding, on coasts of Sind and 

 Mekran. 



2017. (1512) Sterna sumatrana. The Black-na'ped Tern. 



Sterna sumatrana Raffl., Trans. L.S., xiii., p. 329 

 (1877), {Sumatra). 



Islands of Indian Ocean, Malay Pen. to 

 Australia, etc. 



2018. (1513) Sterna anastheta ansetheta. The Panayan 



Tern. 



Sterna an^thetus Scop., JJel. Flor. et Faun. Insubr., 

 a., p. 92 (1786), (Panay). 

 .Japan to Ceylon. 



2019. (1513) Sterna anaetheta iuli^ula. The Red Sea Bro ten- 



winged Tern. 



Sterna fuligula Licht., Forster's Descnp. Anim. (1844) 

 {Red. Sea). 



Ked Sea. Mekran Coast to islands ofl' Malabar. 



* This bird is possibly a true species and not a subspecies but for the present I 

 retain it as a race of albifrons (minuia auctj 



