- 78 — 



380. Anous ciuereus. 



Anous cinereus dhl. \\ A. S. 1845, 104; La;,, ib. 1875, 441: id. Ibis 1876, 15(5. 393: Sauml. P. 

 Z. S. 1878, 212; id. J. Linn. Soc. 1878, 404. - Procelsterna albivitta Il,>. C. R. 1856 XLII, 773. — Sterna 

 cinerea !Schl. Mus. P. B. Sternac 18G3, 38. — Anous albivittatus lii.srh. P. Z. S. 1877, 776. — „Lefulefu^ 

 Tonga Is. (IlUhner:. 



Totiflfi Is.: Eaa (/liibner). — Ilji Is. (Lai/.)? — Soutli Pacific Ocean : Australia; New Zealand; 



St. Ambrose Id. 



381. Gygis alba. 



White Tern, LalA. Gen. Syn. Ill, 303: — Sterna alba S/jamn. Mus. Carls. 1786 no. 11; Gm. S. 

 N. 1788 II, t)07: Duundorf. Zool. Bcitr. 11, 924; Lath. Ind. Orn. II, 808; Ikrhst. Lath. Ucbers. Ill, 320 (et 

 nota): IV, 489; Less. Tr. d'Orn. 1831, 023; Pcah. U. S. Exp. 1848: Hurtl. ^Viegnl. Arch. 1852, 126; Schl. 

 Mus. P. B. Sternae 1863, 35. — Sterna Candida Gm. S. N. 1788 II, 607; Forst. Uescr. An. 1844, 179. — 

 Gygis Candida ir'V- Isis 1832, 1223; Gray, List Laridae 1844, 180; id. Gen. 15. Ill, 660; Gld. H. Austr. 

 184S Vll 1.1. :10: RM. Viig. Neu-IIoU. no. 507 f. 818-19 et 2018-19: Hurtl. ^Viegm. Arch. 1852, 136: 

 id. J. f. (). 1854, 169, 170; Bp. C. E. XLl, 1112; lAII, 773; Kittl. Reise 1858 I, 382: II, 39, GO; Gra,j. 

 B. Trop. Is. 59; Pck. Novara. Viig. 1865, 155; Sauml. P. Z. S. 187(), G67; 1877. 797; Tristr. Ibis 187(;, 

 266; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1878, 273; Sound. J. L. S. 1878, 404; /.«.y. Ibis 1879, 365; Finsch, Ibis 1880, 220, 

 3.S0, 431, 434; Tristr. ib. 1881, 251: Saund. Voy. Chall. 1881 U, 136; Tristr. Ibis 1883, 48; McFarl. ib. 

 1887. 211—213; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. 188U, 10; Lixter, P. Z. S. 1891. 297. - Sterna m.vt^ F.Benuctt, Wha- 

 ling Voy. 1840 I, 370. - Gygis alba Cans. U. S. Exp. 1858, 389; Bias. J. f. 0. 1866, 73; Ilartl. P. Z. S. 

 1867, 382; F. H IL Orn. Centralpol. 1867, 232; Hd. P. Z. S. 1868, 9, 118; Hd. J. f. 0. 1870, 122, 140: 

 Griiffe, t. c. 410; Gray, H. L. 1871 III, 122; ILetF. P. Z. S. 1871, 32; 1872, 114; Finsch, .1. f. 0. 1872, 

 56: Cat. Mus. (iodef. 1874 V, p. XVI; Finsch, J. Mus. Godef. 1875 VIII, 43: 1876 XII, 40; Lay. P. Z. S. 

 1875, 30; 1876, 497. 504: id. Ibis 1876, 393; Finsch, P. Z. S. 1877, 776, 786; Streets, Am. Nat. 1877, 70; 

 id. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1877 (7), 28; Schmdtz, Ethn. Abth. M. G. 1881, 224, 239, 299, 330, 353; Finsch, 

 J. f. 0. 1880, 295, 309; id. Ibis 1881, 105, 109, 115, 246; id. Mittli. Orn. Ver. Wien 1884, 125. — „Tera- 

 popa", Borabora (Forst.). — ,.Peerae", Society Is. (Forst. >. — ^Taki", Manjucsas Is. (Garrett . — ,,Eki-aki-, 

 Tonga Is. (Griife). — „Tala", Niuafou (Hiibner). — „Jaka'", Ualan |/wW., /'. . — „Akiek", Luganor (Kub.J. 

 — ..Sogosok", Polew iKub. . 



l^olifiieHia — throughout: Christmas Id. (Lath., Streets)., 'P-Ahwyva. (Streets).^ Fanning (McFarl. etc.): 

 Marquesas Is. (Fillcujc, Garrett); Society Is. (Forst. etc.). Paumotu Is. (Peale) — Pitcairn and Ducie (Mc 

 Farl); Cooks Is. < Garrett); Samoa Is. (Griife, Gray) ; Tonga Is. (Forst. etc.) ; Niuafou (Hiibner): Fiji Is. (I-ny.. 

 Gray) ; New Hebrides (Jnglis) ; New Caledonia (Deplanche- ; Pclew Is. (Mus. G.) ; Carolines — Uap, Luganor, 

 Nukuor, Kuk, Ponape, Ualan (Kub., Kittl., Finsch); Nawodo (F.); Marshall Is. (F.): Gilbert Is. (F.); Ellice Is. 

 (Sharpe): Phoenix Is. (Gr/., Lister). — Indian Ocean; Bay of Bengal; Australia. 



The old writers are unanimous in identifying Sterna alba Sparrm. with Sterna Candida 

 Gm., and, rather tlian let the name remain for ever in uncertainty, it seems best to accept their decision, 

 though, as is pointed out by Mr. Howard Saunders ( P, Z. S. 1876, 668), the description and figure of 

 Sparrm ann are bad and insulficiont for the determination of the species. Sparrmann's type may well 

 have been one of the specimens brougiit home by the Gorman traveller Forster, wlio mentions that the 

 shafts of the quills are black; thus (letortiiining his specimens to be the same as S. Candida, Gm. 



382.* Gygis microrhyncha. 



Gygis microrhyncha Sound. P. Z. S. 1876, 668; /-/. .1. Linn. Soc. 1878, 404; »/. Voy. Chall., B. 

 1881 II, 136; Trisf,: Ibis 1881, 252; id. Cat. Coll. B. 1889, 10. 

 Marquesan Is. l Sound., Trislr.). 



383. Larus novae-hollandiae. 



Larus novae-hollandiae St.ph. Gen. Zool. 1826 XIII, 1%: Gray. P. Z. S. 1859, 166; Verr. et Drs M. 

 Rev. Zool. 18()0, 441: Mori, . A.tes S. L. Hord. 1870 XXVII; id. Ibis 1877, 363; Saund. P. Z. S. 1878, 

 185, 187; Lay. Ibis 1878, 264; 1880, 233: 1882, 540, 544; Tristr. ib. 1879, 184; Schalow . J. f. 0. 1887, 

 244; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. 1889. 8. — Larus scopulinns var. major Forst. Descr. An. 1844, 257. — Xema 

 jamesonii (Sid. B. Austr. 1848 VII pi. 2U. — Gavia pomarra liruch. J. f. 0. 1853, 1U3 ; Smtnd. P. Z. S. 1878, 



