

ANGUS. 729 



edge of the wing along carpal joint and ulna white; the breast, abdomen and 

 flanks white, shaded with pale french grey; back of the neck the same; back, 

 wings and tail sooty brown ; upper back strongly shaded with bluish grey, as 

 are also some of the tail feathers ; lesser wing coverts behind the white edge 

 of the wing blackish brown; the primaries a darker brown, their shafts brown 

 on the upper surface ; outer web of first primary almost black, the rest grey- 

 ish white on their inner webs, towards their bases ; external tail feathers white 

 for the basal half on both webs, greyish brown on the inner web for the ter - 

 minal half. In winter the entire under surface is pure white, and there is a 

 dark spot in front of the eye; head greyish white or white, the feathers 

 mesially spotted or striped dusky ; a black collar at the base of the occiput, 

 extending on each side nearly to the eye. 



" Bill dusky reddish, red towards the base of the lower mandible ; legs 

 coral red ; bill, legs and feet black. 



Length. 14*75 inches; wing 9-62; tail 7; bill at front r6." (Sir. F. vi. 

 p. 474-) 



Hal. Sind, Beloochistan (Mekran Coast), Persian Gulf, the Concan and the 

 Laccadives, Burmah and Ceylon. Mr. Hume found them breeding on the 

 Vingorla rocks on the Western Coast. 



344L Sterna f Uliginosa, Gm., Syst. Nat. \. p. 605 ; Hume, Sir. F. 

 iv. p. 477 ; Saunders, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 666 ; Dresser, B. Eur. viii. p. 307, 

 pi. ; Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 1037; Murray ', Vert. Zool., Sind, p. 326; 

 Oates, B. Br. Burm. ii. p. 432. Onychoprion fuliginosus, Salvad, Ucc. 

 Born. p. 373. Haliplana fuliginosa, Dav. et Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 528. The 

 SOOTY TERN. 



Forehead and a streak from the base of the bill to the eye white ; sides of 

 the face, chin, throat, neck in front, breast and entire under parts white ; top 

 of head, nape, neck behind, back, scapulars and wings sooty black ; under 

 wing coverts white ; tail forked, external feathers on each side white on their 

 outer web, rest are white at the base ; legs and feet black ; irides brown ; 

 web of outer side of mid-toe reaches to the root of the claw. 



Length. 16-5 to 17*5 inches; wing 10*5 to ir8; tail 6'9 to 7*5 ; tarsus 

 0*95 to i ; bill at gape 2*0 to 2*4; bill at front r6 to 1*7. 



Hab. Sind, Mekran Coast, Persian Gulf (Bushire), the Concan (Bombay), 

 Malabar Coast and Ceylon. Breeds on the Laccadive Islands during January 

 and February. 



Gen. AnOUS. Leach. 



Bill long, slender, slightly curved at the tip, angle well marked ; nostrils in 

 a groove ; wings long ; tarsus short ; claw of mid-toe serrated. 

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