— 74 - 



577; id. Mitth. Orii. Yer. Wion 1884, 125; McFarl. Iliis 1887, 211, 21-J; /W/,v, B. N. Zeal. 1888 2nd cd. 

 II, 186; Lister, P. Z. S. 1891, 293, 298. — Red-tailed Tropic Bird, Lath. Gen. Syn. Ill, 618. — Phaeton 

 phoenicurus dm. S. N. 1788 II, 5S3: Hrrht. Latli. Lebers. ill, 530: (ll>l. 15. Austr. YII pi. 73; Kiitl. Rdse 

 i, 382: Jiititiii. Mem. Sue. Clierb. 1863 IX, 241. — Phoenicurus rubricauda /lj>. Cons|t. 1856 II, 183. — 

 ^Tawagga-', Tahiti Lath.'. — ^Totto", Tonga Is. (Lath.,. — .,Intoney, Aneiteum (Inglis). — ^Maal", Lifii (Lay.). 

 Poli/nesta — almost througiiout: Cliristmas Id. [Streets, McFarl.}-^ I'auinotu Is. I'ealc^ Mc Farl.); 



Society Is. .Lath.^ I'ealc ; Cook's Is. jAith. ; Palmcrston Id. [Lath.j ; Samoa Is. Peale, Lay.) -.^ Tonga Is. 



(Lath.)- Fiji Is. (Lay.): New Hebrides Tristr.)\ Loyalty Is. (Lay.); New Caledonia (Jouan, Lay.) -^ Caroline 



Is.: Ruk, Ponape iKuh.; Marshall Is. (Finsch-. Gilbert Is. /f/, ; Vhocmyi \s. ((Jriiffe, Lister). - The warmer 



j)ortions of the Indian and I'aciKc Oceans. 



364. Sterna bergii. 



Sterna caspia ^^^r. y, (/m. 8. N. 1788 II. 604 (e.v Lath.). — Sterna bergii Lichl. Verz. Doubl. 

 Berl. Mus. 1823, 80: F. ct H. Oin. Centralpol. 1867, 216: iid. J. C 0. 1870, 122; Cal. Mus. Godef. 1874 V, 

 p. XVI; Finsch, J. Mus. Godef. 1875 VIII, 50; L,n,. V. A. S. 1875, 30, 440; 1876, 497, 503; id. Ibis 1876, 

 393: Sound. P. Z. S. 1876, 657; 1877, 796: Finsch. t. c. 776, 781; L.ay. Ibis 1878, 265, 279: 1879, 365; 

 Xchrkorn, J. f. O. 1879, 409; Finsch, Ibis 1880, 330, 431 ; id. J. f. 0. 1880, 295; id. Ibis 1881, 113; Schmeltz, 

 j:thn. Abth. M. G. 1881, 239, 299, 330, 353; Saund. Voy. Chall., B. 1881, 135; Salvad. Orn. Pap. 1882 III, 

 432; Lay. Ibis '1882, 540, 544; Finsch. Mitth. Orn. Ver. Wicn 1884, 125; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. 1889, 9: 

 Lister, p. Z. S. 1891, 298. — Sterna cristata Sirph. Gen. Zool. 1826 XIII, 146. — Sterna velox L'H/j/k Atlas 

 1826, 21 t. 13. - ■ Sterna pelecanoides Kiny, Survey Int. Austr. 1826 II App. Aves 422. — Sterna longirostris 

 Less. Tr. dOrn. 1831, 621. — Sterna poliocerca (i/d. P. Z. S. 1837, 26: Gray, B. Trop. Is. 58.— Thallasseus 

 pelecanoides C/A/. B. Austr. 1848 VII pi. 23; Marie, Actes S. L. Bord. 1870 XXVII; id. Ibis 1877, 363. — 

 Thallaseiis poliocercus Old. B. Austr. VII pi. 24; Marie, Actes S. L. Bord. XXVII; id. Ibis 1877, 363. — 

 Sterna rectirostris J'eale, U. S. Expl. E.\p. 1848, 281 pi. 18 f. 2: ILirtt. Wiegm. Arch. 1852, 126: id. J.,f. 

 O. 1854, 169. — Sterna novae-hoUandiae Cm-., I'uchcr. Rev. Zool. 1850, 545. — Thalasseus bergii Bias. J. f. 

 O. 1866, 81. — ,Otino\ lliiaiieiiie ; ;/W/,,sr.). — „Tola", Tonga iWibner). — „Ngotu6tek% Pelew Is. iKub.). 

 J^lynexiii — throughout: Marquesas Is. (Garrett); Society Is. — Huaheinc, Raiatea (Wdhse., 



(larrett ; Samoa Is. Lay.'; Fiji Is. J'eale, Lay.); Tonga Is. (Lath..^ Lay. ; New Hebrides Lay.'; New 



Caladonia Marie, Lay.); ? Pelew Is. (Kuhary); Caroline Is., — Luganor, Nukuor, Ruk, Ponapo iKul.; 



Miirshall Is. (Finsch); Gilbert Is. (Finsch); Phoeni.x Is., — Canton Id. (Lister). — Africa; Madagascar; 



India: Itido- and Austro-Malayan subrcgions; Australia; ? Sandwich Is. 



365. Sterna longipennis. 



Sterna longipennis Xordm. in Ermami's Verz. v. Th. u. Pfl. 1835, 17; Middend. Reise, Zool. 1851, 

 246 t. 25 f. 4; Bias. J. f. O. 1866, 80; Finsch, P. Z. S. 1872, 112; id. J. Mus. Godef. 1875 VIII, 41; Saund. 

 P. Z. S. 1876, 649; Lay. Ibis 1876, 393; Salvad. Orn. Pap. 1882 111,439. - „Qiregiria", Pclcw Is. r//e"i«o/*n;. 



Pelew Is. (Heins.). — Siberia to New Guinea. 



366. Sterna dougalli. 



sterna dougalli Munt. Orn. Diet. Spl. 1813; Saund. P. Z. S. 1876, 652; .S'«/«a</. Orn. Pap. 1882 

 HI, 441. Sterna paradisea niid. nee Bmnn. — Sterna gracilis (lid. P. Z. S. 1847, 222; id. B, Austr. 



1848 VII pi. 27; <lr,<y. P. /. fc;. 1859, 166; id. B. Trop. Is. 58; Verr.et Dcs M. Rev. Zool. i860, 441; Schl. 

 Mus. P. B. Sternae 1863, 19: F.etll. Orn. Centralpol. 215; Marie, Actes S. L. Bord. 1870 XXVII; id. Ibis 

 1877, 363; Lay. Ibis 1878, 265: Tristr. ib. 1879, 184: Lay. ib. 1880, 233; 1882, 540, 544; 7'm</-. Cat. Coll. 

 B. 1889, 9. — Sterna douglasii (err.J Schl. Mus. P. B. Sternae, 24, et auct. — „Maal', Lifu (Lay.). • 



Netv Culi'donia (Lay.). — Loyaltu Is.: Lifu (Lay.). — (?) Tonua Is. Gray). — ('.')Pau- 

 iiiotu Is. (Gray). — Almost cosmopolitan. 



367. Sterna melanauchen. 



Sterna melanauchen T,mm. PI. Col. 1827, 427; Gld. B. Austr. VII pi. 28; Gray, P. Z. S. 1859, 

 166; id. B. Trop. Is. 59; F.etH. Orn. Centralpol. 224; iid. P. Z. S. 1872, 113; Marie. Actes S. L. Bord. 

 1870 XXVII; Finsch, J. Mus. Godef. 1875 VIII, 41: Lay. P. Z. S. 1875, 440; 1876. 497, 503, 505; id. Ibis 



