y6 Cory ou the Birds of t lie West 'hidies. [January 



Lariis pliiladclphia is claimed to liave been seen at Long- 

 [sland, Bahamas. There is no actual record of the capture of 

 this species in the West Inthes. 



Genus Gelochelidon Brehm. 



Geloclielidoii Brehm, Naturg. Vog. Deutschl. 1S31, p. 774. 



Gelochelidon nilotica (tiASSELq.). 



Sterna nilotica HASSELq. Reise nach Pal. Deutschl. Ausg. 1762, p. 325. 

 Sterna anglica Mont. Orn. Diet. Suppl. 1813. — D'Orb. in La Sagra's 



Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 321 (1S40).— Moore, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. 



Hist. XIX, p. 141 (1S77) (Bahamas).— Cory, Bds. Bahama 1. p. 



209 (1880) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. p. 33 (1885). 

 Gelochelidon aranea Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VH, p. 308 (iS6o) 



(Cuba).— GuNLL.J. f. O. 1862, p. 94 (Cuba). 

 Gelochelidon anglica Gundl. Repert. P"isico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 392 (1866) ; 



ib. J. f. O. 1875. p. 3S8 (Cuba). 

 Gelochelidon nilotica Stejn. Auk, I, p. 366 (18S4). 



Bahamas and Antilles. 



Genus Sterna Linn. 



Sterna LixN^us, Svst. Nat. I, ed. 10, p. 137 (175S); ib. ed. 12, p. 227 

 (1766). 



Sterna maxima Bodd. 



Sterna maxima Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. p. 58 (1783). — Saunders, P. Z. S. 

 1876, p. 655 (W. L).— Lawr. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. I, p. 198 (1878) 

 (St. Vincent) ; ib. p. 488 (Antigua) ; ib. p. 242 (Barbuda) ; ib. p. 277 

 (Grenada); ib. p. 462 (Gaudeloupe). — A. & E. Newton, Handb. 

 Jamaica, p. 117 (1881). — Cory, Bds. Haiti & San Domingo, p. 178 

 (1885) ; ib. List. Bds. W. L p. t,^ (1885). 



Sterna cayennensis D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 319 

 (1840). 



Thalassens cayanus GossE, Bds. Jam. p. 431 (1847). 



Thalasaeiis regius A. & E. Newton, Ibis, 1859, P- 37^ (St. Croix).— 

 Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 392 (1866). — Lawr. Ann. 

 Ljc. N. Y. VIII, p. 103 (1867) (Sombrero). — Gundl. J. f. O. 1S74, 

 p. 314 (Porto Rico) ; ib. 1875, p. 388 (Cuba) ; ib. Anal. Soc. Esp. 

 Hist. Nat. VII, p. 410 (187S) (Porto Rico). 



Sterna regia Bryant, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 134 (1859) (Baha- 

 mas) ; ib. XI, p. 98 (1867) (San Domingo).— ScL. P. Z. S. 1861, 



