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Page 49, No. 48. Read: — Hj'droprcgne caspia caspia (Pall.). 

 Do. No. 41). Kcad : — Geochelidcn nilocita (Oin.). 



Slerna nilotica, (Iiiieliii, Syst. Nut. ii. 1789, p. 606 (Ef/ypt). 



Some authors regard the form of S. K. Asia as distinct and 

 call it G. n. affinix (Horsf.). Type locality Java. 

 Page 50. For Sterna media read : — Sterna bengalensis bengalensis 

 Less. 



Sfemia media Horsf. is preoccupied by Sterna ria'tlia 

 \'ieill., and this species must therefore l<e known as Sterna 

 bengalensis heHH. (Traite d' Orn. IKtil, p. 621. Indian ('oastM). 

 Local birds appear to belono- to the typical ra(.'e and are, 

 therefore, S. b. benrfalensit. 

 Do. No. 52. Read : — Sterna hirundo Linn. 



Sterna Mr mid 0, Linn., 8yst. N.it. i, 1758, {». 137 (Kuiojte). 



This name considerably antedates Sterna jitiridtll is 

 Nauman. 



The Asiatic form is S. hiinindo tih'fana, but the European 

 race, S. h. htntndo, is reported to occur in the Malay Penin- 

 sula in winter. As noted, the material we have examined is 

 inadcijuate for subspecific determination. 

 Page 52, No. 55. Read : — Sterna albifrons sinensis Gm. 

 V*age 53. For Sterna minutaread : — Sterna albifrons albifrons Pall. 

 Sterna albifrons, Pallas, Vroeg's Cat. Vers. Vog. Adumbr. 

 1764, p. 6 (Holland). 



The name Sterna niinuta is antedated by the one above 

 given. 

 Do. For terna saundersi lead : — terna albifrons saundersi 



Hume. 

 Do. For Anous stolidus (Linn.) read : — Anous stolidus pileatus 

 (Scop.). 



Scopoli, Del. Faun. & Flor. lusubr. ii, 1876, p. 92 (Philip- 

 pines). 



Eastern Asiatic birds dift'er from the typical Atlantic form. 

 Page 54, bracket 12. For Squatarola helvetica mad-. — Sqiuifarola .^. 

 hypomelu><. 



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