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America. 
Hydrochelidon nigra.*  (Linn.) 
Across North America, West Indies, and 
on the Pacific Coast, south to Chili 
and Peru in winter. (Howard 
Saunders. ) 
From Canada southward. (Dresser.) 
Antilles, Central America, and Chili. 
(Sclater and Salvin.) 
In American birds the black of the under 
parts is darker than in the Europeans 
(Howard Saunders); it has been given 
distinct specific rank as H. plumbea. 
Wil. 
Sterna anglica.* (Mont.) 
Atlantic Coast of the United States 
‘from Connecticut southwards. (Baird, 
Cassin, and Lawrence.) 
Breeds on Cob’s Island Virginia, (Bailey, 
Bull, Nutt. Orn. Club, April, 1876, 
p- 28.) 
Antilles, Central America, and Brazil. 
(Sclater and Salvin.) 
South to Patagonia on the east coast. 
(Howard Saunders.) 
Observed on the Pacific 
Guatemala. (Salvin.) 
Coast in 
Sterna fluviatilis.* (Naum.) 
The Atlantic Coast of America from 
Texas to Labrador. (Dresser. ) 
Sterna macrura.* (Naum.) 
Arctic Seas, and coast of the New Eng- 
land States. (Baird, Cassin, and 
Lawrence.) 
In America it has occurred as far south 
as Bahia. (Howard Saunders. ) 
Breeds in Greenland. (Newton.) 
Sterna dougalli.* Mont. 
Breeds from Massachusetts to Florida, 
and at Bermudas; also found in 
Central America, and visits various 
West Indian Islands. (Howard 
Saunders. ) ’ 
Occurs north to Cosco Bay, Maine. 
(Brewster. ) 
Europe. 
Hydrochelidon nigra.* 
Tern.) 
Southern Europe, becoming rarer north- 
ward. Accidental in the British Isles, 
Southern Norway and Southern 
Sweden, and very rare in Finland. 
North Africa, and has occurred south 
to Damara Land. (Dresser.) 
(Linn.) (Black 
Sterna anglica.* (Mont.) (Gull billed 
Tern. ) 
Sixteen have been taken in England 
according to Mr. Harting. 
It ranges from Western Europe to the 
China Seas; throughout India, Ceylon, 
and the Malayan region, and down 
to Australia. (Howard Saunders.) 
Throughout Southern Europe, and North 
Africa, and eastward to Southern 
Siberia and China. Not uncommon 
in Southern France, rare in the north; 
rare in Italy; occurs in Spain and 
Portugal, and as a straggler in Holland 
and Denmark, where it breeds; rare 
in North Germany and the Baltic. 
Common in North Eastern and North 
Western Africa, Greece and Asia 
Minor. (Dresser.) 
Slerna fluviatilis.* (Naum.) (Common 
Tern.) 
Throughout temperate Europe. In Asia 
Minor, Persia, and India. (Dresser.) 
Mr Howard Saunders says, on the west 
coast of Africa it goes as far as the 
Cape of Good Hope. It has occurred 
in Ceylon, and northwards as far as 
Pekin. He considers birds from Tibet 
and Siberia separable, as S. tibetana. 
Sterna macrura.* (Naum.) (Arctic Tern.) 
The Coasts of Northern Europe and Asia. 
In winter it visits the African Coast, 
descending to Walwich Bay. 
It is not certain whether S. hirundo otf 
Linneus refers to this bird or & 
fluviatilis. 
Sterna dougalli.* (Mont.) 
S. pauradisea. Keys. et Blas. (Roseate 
Tern.) 
Along the western coast of Europe from 
the British Isles to the Mediterranean; 
not common in England, but more so 
in Ireland and Scotland. 
Has occurred in Denmark, occasional in 
