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LONG-WINGED SWIMMERS — LONGIPENNESJ. 



Sterna anosthseta. 







THE BBIDLED TGBN. 



Slcma anoslhtttii. Scop. Del, Fauu. ct Flor. Ins. I. 1786, no. 72 (ex Soiin. Voy. 125, pi. 84). — 



CouEs, Cheek List, 1873, no. 574. 

 Sterna {UaUplana) anoathmta, CouEs, Key, 1872, 322. 

 SU'^na iHtiliplaiM) anccsthcta, CouK.s, Birds N. \V. 1874, 701. 

 Sterna anccstlwta, Saundehs, P. Z. S. 187(5, 664 (fig. of foot on p. 665). — RiDOW. Nom. N. Am. H. 



1881, no. 692. 

 Sterna amvstheliea, CouE-s, 2d Cheek List, 1882, no. 805. 

 Sterna oahuensis, Ulox. Voy. " Hlonde," 1826, 251. 

 Sterna panayensis, Omei,. S. X. I. ii. 1788, 607. 

 Slcma panaya. Lath. Ind. Orn. 11. 1790, 808. 

 Sterna antarctica, "Cuv." Less. Traite, 1831, 621. 

 Stertm infitseata, Heuol. Ibis, 1859, 351. 



Haliplana discolor, Couks, Ibis, 1864, 392. — Elmot, Illiistr. Am. B. II. 1869, pi. 57. 

 ? Uydrochclidon sumalensis, IIeuoi,. Orn. N.-(). Afr. 1873, p. ccvii. 

 Stcma vulanoptcra, SwAi.ss. B. N. W. Afr. 1837, 249. 



Had. Nearly the same range as S.fuliginosa, but not ranging so far from the tropics. Florida 

 (only North American record). 



Sp. Char. Adult : Lores, crown, occiput, and upper part of nape deep black ; forehead and 

 superciliary region, entire lower parts, and under suriace of the wing pure white. Lower part of 

 nape and extreme upper part of the back ashy wiiite ; remaining upper parts brownish slate, more 

 l)lumbeous ou the back, where shading gradually into the whitish of the nape ; primaries, primary 



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coverts, and nlulnc blackish slate. Rump and six middle tail-feathers brownish ashy, like the back, 

 the two outer rectrices on each side while, shading into grayish terminally, most extensively on 

 the second feather, the outer web of the first being wholly white. Bill and feet black ; iris dark 

 brown. Younij, first plumage : Entire lower parts, with cheeks, forehead, and sides of the crown, 

 white, as in the adult ; middle of the crown, with occiput and nape, brownish dusky, the lirst 

 streaked with grayish white. Upper parts grayish brown, the scapulars, interscapulars, and tertials 

 bordered terminally with grayish white. 



Total length, 14.(X) to 15.00 inches; wing, lO.-W ; tail, 6.00-7.00 ; culnicn, 1.40-1.60; depth 

 of bill at base, .35-.40 ; tarsus, .85 ; middle toe, .8"). 



Thtre can be vory little doubt that this speoics is an occasional visitant of Florida, 

 both on the Atlantic and on the Gulf coast. There is now in the collection of Jlr. 

 (ileorge N. Lawrence, of New York, an example labelled as havinfjf been taken in 

 Florida ; it was formerly in the Audubon collection ; and Mr. Charles B. Cory, of 

 Hoston, in the summer of 187*.) fouiul it abundant in June on Long Island, one of tlie 

 Hahanuvs. In the West India Islands, where it is especially numerous, it is "the egg- 



