STERNINZ. 433 
Sterna anaetheta, Scop. 
992.—0. anasthetus, Scop.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. IT, p. 
844; S. anasthetus, Scop.; Murray’s Vertebrate Zoology of 
Sind, p. 325; Butler, Deccan; Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 
441, 
THE BROWN-WINGED TERN. 
~ Length, 14; wing, 10; tail, 6°75; tarsus, 0°7; bill at front, 
1°6 
Bill dusky reddish, red at base of lower mandible; irides 
brown ; legs coral-red. 
Forehead white, top of the head black; nape pure silky-white ; 
plumage above ashy-grey, with white margins to the feathers 
of the back ; wings dusky brown, black along the margin, over 
the radius, and edged in front with white; quills blackish, paler 
internally ; face and lower plumage white. 
The Brown-winged Tern occurs on the Sind and Mekran 
Coasts, | 
Sterna fuliginosa, Gm. 
992bis—Butler, Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 441; 
Murray’s Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 326. 
THE Sooty TERN. 
Length, 17; wing, 11; tail, 7; tarsus, 1; bill at gape, 
2°2 
Legs and feet black ; irides brown. 
Forehead and a streak from the base of the bill to the eye 
white ; sides of the face, chin, throat, neck in front, breast 
and entire under parts, white; top of head, nape, neck behind, 
back, scapulars and wings, sooty-black ; under wing-coverts 
white ; tail forked ; external feathers on each side white on their 
outer web ; rest are white at the base. 
The Sooty Tern occurs all along the coast. 
Genus, Anous, Leach. 
Bill long, slender, straight, very slightly curved towards the 
tip ; gonys well marked, short ; nostrils in a large groove ; wings 
very long ; tail slightly rounded ; tarsus short ; feet large, fully 
webbed ; toe serrated. 
Anous stolidus, Lzz. 
993.—Jerdon’s Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 845 ; Murray’s Verte- 
brate Zoology of Sind, p. 326. 
THE Noppy. 
Length, 14°5 to 16; wing, 10°25 to 11°5 ; tail, 5°5 to 6 ; tarsus, 
1; bill, 1°5 to 1°75 ; middle-toe, 1°75. 
Legs and feet black ; irides brown. 
Entirely sooty-brown, with a darker band along the radius, 
and the quills and tail blacker, somewhat paler on the head and 
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