i888.] Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. ^^ 



p. 82 (Jamaica).— Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 210 (iSSo).— Wells, 

 List Bds. Grenada, p. 11 (18S6). 

 Gelochelidoti cayennoisis Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 308 

 (1S60) (Cuba). 



Bahamas and Antilles. 



' Sterna sandvicensis acuflavida. 



Sterna eantiaca Gmel. Syst. Nat. I, p. 606 (178S) .="— Cory, Bds. Bahama 



I, p. 211 (18S0) ; Hk List Bds. W. I. p. 33 (18S5). 

 Sterna acuflavida Cabot, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. II, p. 257 (1847). — 



Bryant, ib. VII, p. 134 (1859) (Bahamas). 

 Thalasseus acujiavidus Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. -508 



(i860) (Cuba).— Gundl. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 392 (1S66); 



il>. ]. f. O. 1874, p. 314 (Porto Rico) ; ib. 1875, p. 390 (Cuba) ; ib. 



Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. VII, p. 411 (1878) (Porto Rico). 

 Thalasseus acujlavida Gundl. J. f. O. 1S62, p. 94 (Cuba). 

 Sterna sandvicensis acuflavida Ridgw. Water Bds. N. Am. II. p. 28S 



(18S4). 



Bahamas and Antilles. 



Sterna hirundo Linn. 



Sterna hirundo LiNN. Syst. Nat. I, cd. 10. p. 137 (1758) ; ib. ed. 12, p. 227 

 (1766).— Cory, Bds. Bahama I. p. 211 (1880) ; ib. List Bds. W. I. 

 P- 33 (1S85). 



Sterna wilsoni Bry.mst, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 134(1859) (Ba- 

 hamas.) 



Accidental in the Bahama Islands. 



Sterna anosthaetus Scop. 



Sterna anosthcEtus Scop. Del. Faun, et Fior. Ins. II, No. 72 (1786). 

 Haliplana discolor CouES, Ibis, 1864, p. 392. — Lawr. Ann. Lvc. N. Y. 



VIII, p. 104 (1867) (Sombrero). 

 Sterna anosthata CoRY, Bds. Bahama I. p. 215 (1880) ; ib. List Bds. 



W. I. p. 33 (1885).— Wells, List Bds. Grenada, p. 11 (18S6). 

 Haliplana ancestheta Gundl. J. f. O. 1881, p. 400 (Cuba). 



Sp. Char. — Bill black; cap black; forehead white, extending like two 

 horns over each eye and reaching behind them ; upper back grayish, 

 shading into the white on the sides of the neck; upper plumage 

 grayish brown; underparts white; primaries dark brown, the first 



