422 MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA. [May 2, 



665. THALASSEUS PELECANOIDES (King) ; Schleg. Mus. des 

 Pays-Bas. 



Thalasseus cristatus, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 329. 



Sterna cristata, Ibis, 1860, p. 68, 1863, p. 430. 



Sterna velox, Ibis, 1860, p. 429, 1861, p. 345, 1866, p. 134. 



South China ; Formosa, breeds on the islands off its north end. 



666. HALIPLANA AN^ETHETA (Scop.). 



Sterna panayensis, Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1788, i. p. 607. 

 Common about the Pescadore Islands. 



667. STERNA HIRUNDO, L. ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 329. 

 Hankow ; Pekin. 



668. ONYCHOPRiONMELANAUCHEN(Temm.); Ibis, 1867, p. 230, 

 1870, p. 367. 



Sterna minutal, Ibis, 1860, p. 429. 



Common about the rocks outside Amoy Harbour, where they breed. 



669. STERNULAMINUTA(L.); Ibis, 1863, p. 430 ; P.Z.S. 1863, 

 p. 329. 



Sternulasinensis(Gmel.')', Ibis, 1863, p. 429; P. Z.S. 1863, p. 329. 

 Sterna minuta, Ibis, 1860, p. 68, 1861, p. 345, 1862, p. 307. 

 Formosa ; China. Breeds on the east coast of Formosa. 



670. GYGIS ALBA (Sparrm.). 



Sterna Candida, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 607 ; Ibis, 1864, p. 423. 

 Seen near the Paracel Shoals in the South-China sea. 



671. ANGUS STOLIDUS (L.) ; Ibis, 1860, p. 429, 1863, p. 430, 

 1864, p. 422 ; P. Z. S. 1863, p. 329. 



Anous pileatusy North China Asiat. Soc. Journal, May 1859 ; 

 Ibis, 1869, p. 360. 



North-east Formosa, where it breeds. 



672. THALASSIDROMA MONORHIS, Swinh. Ibis, 1867, p. 386. 



Amoy. Breeding on the small islands north-east of Formosa 

 (Gollingwood). 



673. DIOMEDEA ALBATRTJS, Pall. Zoogr. ii. p. 308; Ibis, 1864, 

 p. 423. 



Diomedea brachyura, Temm. ; Ibis, 1860, p. 67, 1863, p. 431, 

 1867, p. 226, 1870, p. 366 ; P. Z.S. 1863, p. 329. 

 China Sea. 



674. DIOMEDEA NIGRIPES, Audubon; Ibis, 1863, p. 431 ; P. Z. S. 

 1863, p. 329. 



Diomedea fulginosa, Ibis, 1860, p. 68. 

 China Sea. 

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