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56. Black- TAILED Gannet, S. capensis, Layard's and 



Sharpe's B. South Africa. [Ganuet.] South 

 Africa" 50 



57. S. varicgata. [Gannet.] Mr. Salvin, in a letter 



to me, says, " Not much is known about this 

 bird ; hmited portion of the west coast of 

 Soutli America ; common on the Chiucha 

 Islands" 51 



58. Common Tern, Sterna hirundo, Yarrell, Brit. 



Bii-ds, iii. p. 398. S. fluviatilis, P. Z. S., 1S76. 

 p. 049, H. Saunders. [Sea-swallow.] " Com- 

 mon to both the Old and New Worlds, and 

 even extends into Southern Ah'ica." — Dresser 58 — 60 



59. Arctic Tern, S. arctica, Yarrell, Brit. Birds, iii. 



p. 403. S. macnira, P.Z.S., 1876, p. 650, 

 H. Saunders. [Sea-swallow.] "Northern 

 Em-ope, Asia, and America ; in winter it visits 

 the African coast." — H.Saunders 60,61 



60. Caspian Tern, >S'. caspia, Yarrell, Brit. Birds, iii. 

 ■ p. 387; F.Z.S., 1876, p. 656, H. Saunders. 



[Sea-swallow ; King of the Sea-swallows.] 

 "Northern Europe to New Zealand, and in 

 America from Labrador, where it breeds, down 

 to New Jersey." — H. Saunders 61,62 



61. Powerful Tern, S. strenua. Sylochelidon 



sirenuus, Gould, B. Austr. vii. pi. 22. "Now 

 generally allowed to be the same as S. caspia." 

 See P.Z.S., 1876, p. 657.— H. Saunders 61 



62. Allied Tern, S. ajffiiiis, Bree, B. Europe, v. p. 56. 



[Sea-swaUow.] " Straits of Gibraltar, along 

 the Mediterranean, down the lied Sea to 

 Madagascar, and eastwards along the Indian 

 coast and islands, throughout the Malay Ai'chi- 

 pelago, the Ai'u Islands, down to Torres Straits 

 and Port Essiugton." — H. Saunders 62 



63. Indian Tern, Gould, B. Austr. vii. pi. 25. 



S. media, P. Z.S., 1876, p. 655, H. Saimders. 

 [Sea-swaUow.] Thalasseiis torrcsii, Gould, 

 B. Austr. vii. pi. 25. " Throughout the islands 

 of Eastern Aix'hipelago to the northern coasts 

 of Austraha." — H. Saunders 62 



64. Bass's Straits Tern, S. poliocerca, Gould, B. 



Austr. ii. p. 396. iS. hercjii, P.Z.S., 1876, p. 657, 

 H. Sauuders. [Sea-swallow.J Cape of Good 

 Hope, Ked Sea, Austraha, &c 62,63 



65. Torres Straits Tern, S. cristata. TJialasscus 



pelecaiwides, Gould, B. Austr. vii. pi. 23. 

 S. maxima, P. Z.S., 1876, p. 655, H. Saunders. 

 [Sea-swaUow.] Gold Coast, Pacihc Coast, and 

 Atlantic sea-board, &c 63 



66. Southern Tern, S. melanoryhncha, Gould, B. 



Austr. vii. pi. 26. S. frontalis, P.Z.S., 1876, 

 p. 659, H. Sauuders. [Sea-swaUow.] New 

 Zealand 63 



67. S. hirundinacea, P. Z. S., 1876, p. 647, H. 



Sauuders. [Sea-swaUow.] " Kio de Janeiro 

 to EaUiland Islands and up to west cuast of 

 Chih." — H. Saunders 63 



68. S. vittata, P. Z. S., 1876, p. 647, H. Sauuders. 



[Sea-swaUow.] St. Paul's Island, Kerguelen 

 Island, St. Helena, &c 03 



69. S. vircjata, P.Z.S., 1870, p. 640, H. Sauuders. 



[Sea-swaUow.] Kerguelen Island 63 



70. S. antarctica, P.Z.S., 1870, p. 640, H. Sauuders. 



[Sea-swaUow.] New Zealand 03 



71. Sandwich Tern, S. Boysii, YarreU, Brit. Bu-ds, 



iii. p. 391 ; S. cantiaca, P. Z. S., 1876. 

 [Sea-swaUow.] " Northern Europe to the 



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Cape of Good Hope and Bay of Bengal in 

 winter ; and along the Atlantic coast of North 

 America to the West Indian Isles, Honduras 

 and Brazil, as far as Bahia." — -H. Saunders ... 64 



72. Koseate Tern, S. dougalli, P.Z. S., 1870, p. 652, 



H. Saunders ; YarreU, Brit. Bu-ds, iii. p. 395. 

 [Sea-swaUow.] Mr. Howard Saunders says, 

 " I do not find authentic records beyond 57 

 degrees north latitude, south of which it ranges 

 in scanty numbers along the British and 

 Eiu'opean coasts, also Cape of Good Hope, &c." 64, 65 



73. Graceful Tern, S. gracilis, Gould, B. Austr. vii. 



pi. 27. Mr. Howard Saunders says, " Same 



hirA a.s S. dougalli" 64 



74. Lesser Tern, S. miiiuta, P.Z.S., 1876, p. 661, 



H. Saunders ; Yarrell, Brit. Birds, iii. i:>. 412. 

 [Sea-Swallow.] Temperate Em-ojpe to India ; 

 in winter on coast of West Africa as far as the 

 Cape of Good Hope 65,66 



75. Little Tern, Sterimla nereis, Gould, B. Austr. 



vii. pi. 29. ] Sea-swaUow.] Australian and 

 New Zealand seas. Bepreseutative in Southern 

 Ocean of S. minuta 66 



76. Sterna antillariim, P. Z. S., 1876, p. 061, 



H. Sauuders. [Sea-swaUow.] " Temperate 

 America, on both coasts, and down to the 

 AutUles, Trinidad, lat. N. 10°." — H. Sauuders 66 



77. S. sine/isis, P.Z.S., 1876, p. 662, H. Saunders. 



[Sea-swallow.] " Cej'lon, China seas, Queens- 

 land, and down the Australian coast" 06 



78. S. halanaruiii, P. Z. S., 1870, p. 604, H. Saunders. 



[Sea-Swallow.] " Walwich Bay to the Cape of 

 Good Hope" 66 



79. Gull-billed Tern, S. anglica, P. Z. S., 1876, 



p. 044, H. Saunders ; Yarrell, Brit. Birds, iii. 

 p. 409. [Sea-swaUow.] " Western Europe to 

 China seas, throughout India, Ceylon, and the 

 Malay region down to Australia, and along the 

 east coast of America as far as Patagonia ; on 

 the Pacific side only in Guatemala." — H. 

 Saimders 06, 07 



80. S. aranea, P. Z. S., 1870, p. 044, H. Sauuders. 



"The American S. aranea is identical with 



S. anglica.'" — H. Saunders xlddenda 



80. Long-legged Tern, S. macrotarsa, Gould, B. 



Austr. foL, supp., pi. Mr. H. Saunders says, 



"Is identical with S. anglica" 66 



81. Sooty Tern, S.fuliginosa, P. Z. S., 1876, p. 666, 



H.Saunders. [Sea-swaUow.] " All the warmer 

 portions of the world." — H. Sauuders 67,68 



82. Panayan Tern, S. panayensis, Gould, B. Austr. 



vii. pi. 33. S. anmstheta, P.Z.S., 1870, p. 600, 

 H. Sauuders. Smaller Sooty Tern, Seebohm. 

 [Sea-swallow.] "All the warmer portions of 

 the world." — H. Sauuders 68 



83. Noddy Tern, Anous stolidas, YarreU, Brit. Birds, 



hi. p. 420: P.Z.S., 1870, p. 069, H. Sauuders. 

 [Noddy.] "In all tropical waters; straggler 

 to British seas." — H. Saunders 69, 70 



84. Lesser Noddy, A. melanops. Gould, B. Austr. 



vii. pi. 35. [Noddy.] " Especially abimdant 



in AustraUan seas." — Gould 70 



85. White Tern, Oygis Candida, Gould, B. Austr. 



vii. pi. 30; P.Z. S., 1876, p. 007, H. Sauuders. 

 [Sea-swaUow.] " Madagascar, Polynesia, Mar- 

 quesas, &c." — H. Saunders Addenda 



86. Common Gull, Lams caniis, Yarrell, Brit. Birds, 



iii. p. 454; P.Z.S., 1878, p. 173, H. Saunders. 



