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1876, 155, 393; Sauml. P. Z. S. 1876, GOl ; Marie, Ibis 1877, 363; Lai/, ib. 1879, 365; Xeh-koni, J. f. O. 



1879, 409; Finsc/^. Ibis 1880, 220, 230, 431; id. J. f. 0. 1880, 295; id. Ibis 1881, 113; Sah-ad. Orn. Pap. 



1882 III, 443; Lay. Ibis 1882, 540, 544; LisUr, P. Z. S. 1891, 298. — Sterna marginata Bh/ih. J, A. S. B. 



1846 XV, 373. — Onychoprion melanauchen B/i/i/,, Cat. H. Mus. A. S. B. 1849, 293. — Sternula melanauchen 



Bj). C. R. 1856 XLII, 773. — Gygis decorata Harii. Cat. Mus. Godef. 1864 I, 5. — Onychoprion sumatranus 



Salrad. Cat. Uc'c. Born. 1874, 374. — „Kirgirris", Pclcw Is. (Kuhary). 



JPoh/nesia — probably throughout: Pelew Is. (Hcinsohn, Kub.}-^ Carolines, — Uap, Ruk, Luganor, 

 Nukuor (Kul/.)., Ponape (Finsch) ; Marshall Is., — Taluit (Finsch} ; Gilbert Is. (F.) ; Loyaltj- Is. (Lay.) ; New 

 Caledonia (Lay.)\ Fiji Is. (Grllffe, Lay.j; Tonga Is. (Lay.)-. Samoa Is. (Lay.); Phoenix Is., — Canton (Lisier). 

 — (Iliina; Andaman and Nicobar Is.; throughout the Malay Archipelago; Australia. 



368. Sterna vittata. 



Wreathed Tern, La//t. Gen. Syn. Ill, 359. — Sterna vittatA Gm. S. N. 1788 I, 609; Lai/,. Ind. 

 Orn. 1790 II, 807: Bfc/,sf. Lath. Uebers. Ill, 316; IV, 488; (.'ray. Gen. B. IH, 659; Bj,. C. R. 1856 XLII, 

 772; Gray, B. Trop. Is. 58: Fdz. Novara, Vog. 1865, 152; Saand. P. Z. S. 187G, 647. 



(?) Christmas Id. iLath.). — Kerguelen Is. and St. Paul. 



Mr. Saunders questions the occurrence of this species on Christmas Island. Perhaps Christmas 

 Harbour, KergUelcn, where Cook's ships anchored, may have been the true locality. 



369. Sterna australis. 



Southern Tern, Lath. Gen. Syn. IIL 365. — Sterna australis Gm. S. N. 1788 II, 608: Lath. Ind. 

 Orn. II, 926; Bcchst. Lath. Uebers. Ill, 322; IV, 490; Licht. in Forst. Descr. An. 1844, 20; Gray. Gen. B. 

 Ill, 659; id. B. Trop. Is. 58. — Sterna media Forst. (nee Horsf.} Descr. An. 1844, 20. — Sternula australis 

 Bp. C. R. 1856 XLII, 773. — Sterna melanauchen? Gray, H. L. 1871 III, 121 no. 11063. 



Christmas Id. (Lath.). — South Pacific Ocean (Forst.). 



A species — unknown to modern writers — much resembling S. frontalis Gray, but ap- 

 parently smaller. 



370. Sterna frontalis. 



Sterna velox Gld. (nee Blipp.) P. Z. S. 1842, 140; Lay. Ibis 1880, 233. — Sterna frontalis Gray^ 

 Voy. Erebus and Terror, 1844, 19; Saund. P. Z. S. 1876, 659; Buller, B. N. Zeal. 1888 2nd ed. II, 68 pi. XXX. 

 — " Sterna albifrons Peak, U. S. Expl. Exp. 1848, 247; Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. 1852, 125. — Sterna 

 melanorhyncha Gld. B. Austr. 1848 VII pi. 26; Gray, B. Trop. Is. 58. — Sterna longipennis Finsch. (nee 

 Naum.) J. f. O. 1867, 339; F.ctH. Orn. Centralpol. 220. — „Maal", Lifu (Lay.). 



Fiji Is.: Xgau (Gray). — Tonya Is, iMus. Paris). — ? Loyalty Is.: Lifu (Lay.) — New 

 Zealand ; Tasmania. 



371. Sternula sinensis. 



Sterna sinensis Gm. S. N. 1788 II, 608 (ex Lath.):, Saund. P. Z. S. 1876, 662. — Sternula 

 sinensis Swinhoe, Ibis 1863, 429; Sahad. Orn. Pap. 1882 III, 445. — Sternula placens Gld. Ann. N. II. 1871 

 VIII, 192; id. B. N. Guin. V pi. 72: Lay. Ibis 1881, 134; 1882, 540,544. — Sternula nereis Lay. (nee Gld.) 

 Ibis 1878, 265; 1879, 107, 365; Tristr. t. c. 185; Lay. Ibis 1880. 233; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. 1889, 9. — 

 ,.Maar', Lifu (Lay.). 



Netv Caledonia (Lay. etc.). — V Loyalty Is.: Lifu (Lay.). — Ranges from China and India 

 to Australia. 



372. Onychoprion fuliginosns. 



Sooty Tern, Lath. Gen. Syn. Ill, 352. — Sterna fuliginosa Gm. S. N. 1788 I, 605; Bechst. Latli. 

 Uebers. Ill, 310; Licht. in For.it. Descr. An. 1844, 276; Peale, U. S. Exp. 1848; Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. 1852, 

 125; Cass. U. S. Exp. 1858. 386; F. et IL Orn. Centralpol. 1867, 225; Finsch, J. f. 0. 1872, 56; Lay. P. 

 Z. S. 1875, 30; Savnd. P. Z. S. 1876, 666; Finsch. J. Mus. Godef. 1876 XII, 39; Streets, Am. Nat. 1877, 

 71; Saund. J. L. S. 1878 XIV, 404; Nehrlwm, J. f. O. 1879, 409; Finsch. ib. 1880, 295; Tristr. Ibis 1881, 

 252; McFarl. Ibis 1887, 213, 214; R. Bias. Ornis 1887, 361-393 t. 1. II f. 1-10 (eggs); Tristr. Cat. Coll. 

 B. 1889, 9; Lister^ P. Z. S. 1891, 296. — Sterna serrata IVagl. Nat. Syst. Amphib. 1830, 89; Forst. Descr. 

 An. 1844, 276. — Onychoprion serratus U'ayl. Isis 1832, 277; Gray, B. Trop. Is. 59. — Planetis guttatus 



