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5. Tortola Island, W. 



Taylor}. 

 22. Ascension Island. 



2. Ascension Island (Dr. Gill}. 



4. Ascension Island, 30th April (Dr. 

 Purchas}. 



6. Ascension Island (Lt. M. Squire, 



H.M.S. 'Flora'}. 



7. Ascension Island. 



6. Ascension Island (Cant. Sperling, 



K.N.). 



3. Ascension Island (Rev. H. Hawkins : 



Hargitt Coll.}. 

 2. Ascension Island. 

 28. Cherbaniani Reef , Laccadive Islands, 



12th Feb. (A. O. Hume). 

 2. Round Island, Mauritius. 



8. Australia. 



15. Raine Island, Barrier Reef, 



Australia. 



17. Lord Howe Island (E. Saunders}. 

 11. Howland Island, Gilbert Group, 



Pacific Ocean. 

 8. Phoenix Island, Pacific Ocean, 29th 



June. 



4. Christmas Island, Pacific Ocean, 



Oct. (J. R. H. MacFarlanc, R.N.}. 



Indies (E. C. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Surgeon Comry, R.N. [P.], 

 Saunders Coll. 

 Saunders Coll. 



Saunders Coll. 



Voy. H.M.S. < Challenger/ 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



F. A. Barratt, Esq. [P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 



E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



Gould Coll. 



Voy. H.M.S. < Challenger.' 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



J. J. Lister, Esq. [P.], 

 Saunders Coll. 



Sterna nereis (Gould}. 

 (Plate XIV. fig. 1.) 



Sternula nereis, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 402 (1865) ; Campbell, 



Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 67 (1883) ; North, Nests # Eggs 



Austr. Birds, pp. 358, 404 (1889). 

 Sterna nereis, Buller, Birds New Zeal. 2nd ed. ii. p. 75 (1888) ; Saunders, 



Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. p. 112 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 136 



(1899). 



The eggs of the Fairy Tern are of a broad oval form, rather 

 pointed at the small end. The ground varies from cream-colour to 

 light butY, and this is marked all over with spots and small blotches 

 of yellowish brown in some specimens, blackish brown in others. 

 These markings are well-defined. The underlying clouds and spots 

 are of a pale purple colour. Seven examples measure from 1*25 to 

 1-42 in length, and from 1 to 1'03 in breadth. 



4. New Caledonia. 

 3. West Australia. 



Saunders Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 



Sterna sinensis (Gm.}. 



Sterna sinensis, Legge, Birds Ceyl p. 1019 (1880); Parker, Stray 



Feathers, ix. p. 490 (1881) ; Oates ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs 2nd. B. 



iii. p. 312, part. (1890) ; Saunders, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. p. 113 



(1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 136 (1899). 

 Sternula sinensis, North, Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 405 (1889) j 



Seebohm, Birds Japan. Emp. p. 298 (189U). 



