STERNA. 183 



p. 241; Yarr. ed. 2, iii. p. 515; id. ed. 3, iii. p. 520; 



Harting, p. 170; Dresser, viii. p. 295. 

 Gelochelidon anglica, Macg. v. p. 666; Gould, v. pi. 74. 

 The Gull-billed Tern, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 407. 



Anglica = English, because first described from a Kentish specimen. 



An irregular visitant, principally in spring and summer, to 

 the southern and eastern portions of England. It inhabits 

 the Central and Southern parts of the Palsearctic Region, the 

 Indian Region down to Australia, as also the Nearctic and 

 Neotropical Regions, being probably a migrant in the latter. 



Sterna cantiaca. SANDWICH TERN. 



Sterna Cantiaca, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 606 (1788). 



Sterna cantiaca, Naum. x. p. 50; Macg. v. p. 630; Hewitson, 

 p. 478; Gray, p. 239; Harting, p. 76; Dresser, viii. 

 p. 301. 



Sterna boysii, Yarr. ed. 2, iii. p. 497; id. ed. 3, iii. p. 501. 



Actochelidon cantiaca, Gould, v. pi. 69. 



The Sandwich Tern, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 389. 



Cantiaca = Kentish, because first described from specimens sent by Mr. Boys 

 from Sandwich in Kent. 



A regular summer visitant to this country, breeding in 

 several suitable localities on our eastern and western coasts ; 

 also on some lochs in Scotland and in Ireland. It frequents 

 the coasts of the temperate portions of the Palaearctic and 

 eastern Nearctic Regions, the northern portions of the 

 Neotropical Region, and the coasts of India and of Africa in 

 winter. 



Sterna fuliginosa, SOOTY TERN. 



Sterna fuliginosa, Gmelin, Syst. N at. i. p. 605 

 (1788). 



Sterna fuliginosa, Naum. xiii. p. 267; Gray, p. 242; Yarr. 

 ed. 2, suppl. p. 50; id. ed. 3, iii. p. 543; Gould, Introd. 

 p. cxxxvii; Harting,^. 169; Dresser, viii. p. 307, 



Fuliginosa the colour of soot, fullgo. 



