STERNIN^;. 433 



Sterna anaetheta, Scop. 



992. 0. anasthcetus, Scop. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. IT, p. 



844 ; S. anasthcetus, Scop. ; Murray's Vertebrate Zoology x>f 



Sind, p. 325 ; Butler, Deccan ; Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 



441. 



THE BROWN-WINGED TERN. 



Length, 14; wing, 10; tail, 675; tarsus, 07; bill at front, 

 1-6. 



Bill dusky reddish, red at base of lower mandible ; irides 

 brown ; legs coral-red. 



Forehead white, top of the head black ; nape pure silky- white ; 

 plumage above ashy-grey, with white margins to the feathers 

 of the back ; wings dusky brown, black along the margin, over 

 the radius, and edged in front with white ; quills blackish, paler 

 internally ; face and lower plumage white. 



The Brown-winged Tern occurs on the Sind and Mekran 

 Coasts. 



Sterna fuliginosa, Gm. 



992&is. Butler, Deccan, Stray Feathers, Vol. IX, p. 441 ; 

 Murray's Vertebrate Zoology of Sind, p. 326. 



THE SOOTY TERN. 



Length, 17 ; wing, 11 ; tail, 7 ; tarsus, 1 ; bill at gape, 

 2-2. 



Legs and feet black ; irides brown. 



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. 



The Sooty Tern occurs all along the coast. 



GENUS, Anous, Leach. 



, ^ Bill long, slender, straight, very slightly curved towards the 

 tip ; gonys well marked, short ; nostrils in a large groove ; wings 

 very long ; tail slightly rounded ; tarsus short ; feet large, fully 

 webbed ; toe serrated. 



Anous stolidus, Lin. 



993. Jerdon's Birds of India, Vol. II, p. 845 ; Murray's Verte- 

 brate Zoology of Sind, p. 326. 



THE NODDY. 



Length, 14'5 to 16 ; wing, 10'25 to 11'5 ; tail, 5'5 to 6 ; tarsus 

 1 ; bill, 1-5 to 175 ; middle-toe, 175. 



Legs and feet black ; irides brown. 



Entirely sooty-brown, with a darker band along the radius, 

 and the quills and tail blacker, somewhat paler on the head and 



