796 MR. H. SAUNDERS ON THE LARID^. [NoV. 20, 



February 1874, which evidently belongs to either S. virgata or S. 

 vittata ; I incline to attribute it to the former, owing to its size and 

 dull appearance. 



4. Sterna hirundinacea. Less. 



Sterna hirundinacea. Lesson, Tr. d'Orn. p. 621 (1831); Saunders, 

 P. Z. S. 1876, p. 647. 



[No. 6.52, S ■ Messier Channel, Straits of Magellan, January 4th, 

 1876. Eyes black, bill and legs vermilion. 



f Elizabeth Island, Straits of Magellan, January 

 ^ 70s ^ I 18th and 19tb, 1876. Eyes black ; bill and legs 



N ' 724 9 "^ ^^^ ' ^^^^'^^^^ '1^^ ^^^^' ^ number of eggs 

 ' ' + ' I were preserved, there being a large "rookery" 

 l^ at one of the low points of this island.] 

 Three fine and fully adult specimens of this well-known South- 

 American species. Sixteen eggs from this locality are naturally 

 rather larger than the type of those of S.fluviatilis or S. macrura ; 

 but otherwise they merely exhibit the same variations in markings. 



5. Sterna bergii, Licht. 



Sterna bergii, Licht. Verz. Doubl. p. 80 (1823) ; Saunders, P.Z. S. 

 1876, p. 657. 



[No. 77, 6- Levuka, Fiji, July 30th, 1874. Eyes black; feet 

 black, soles brown.] Nearly adult. 



[No. 231, $. Dobbo, Arru Islands, September 16th and 17tb, 

 1874. Eyes black ; feet black ; bill light yellow.] 



A bird of the year. 



[No. 345, <S . Zamboanga, Philippine Islands, October 24tb, 1874. 

 Eyes black.] 



Nearly adult, but in winter plumage, the head being merely 

 striated and not black. 



[No. 486, c?. Nares Harbour, Admiralty Islands, March 3rd- 

 10th, 1875. Eyes black.] 



Adult, with the black head and crest, and the white frontlet band 

 characteristic of the breeding-plumage. 



6. Sterna fuliginosa, Gm. 



Sterna fuliginosa, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 605 (1788); Saunders, 

 P.Z. S. 1876, p. 666. 



[1 specimen $ . Boatswain-bird Island, Ascension Island, about 

 April 4th, 1873. 



fEyes, bill and feet black. 



I Stomach of first contained a 



I cuttlefish and a piece of 



No. 124, $ . "1 Raine I., Barrier J coral; that of second. 



No. 125, 6-\ Reef, Australia j nothing. In great numbers. 



Eggs rounded and more 

 I spotted than those of the 

 I. Noddy.] 

 Fifteen eggs of this species from Raine Island form a very fine series. 



