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Bonaparte wi-ote, it was labelled Lestris parasiticus^ ex Malasia, Boie; and in the 

 Berlin Museum (example above referred to) Lestris crepidata, Cabanis. 



Sternin^. 



Htdrochelidon, Boie. 



207. Htdrochelidon leucopaeeia. 



Sterna leucopareia, Natterer, Temm. Man. d'Om. 2nd ed. ii. p. 746 (1820) ; Walden, Tr. Zool. Soc. 

 vii. p. 103. 

 llab. Luzon. February. Bill grey-black ; feet coral-red ; nails black (Meyer). 

 The example thus labelled has the bill and feet dark carmine in the dried skin. 



208. Htdrochelidon, sp. 



Sterna (Hydrochelidon) fluviatilis, Gould?, v. Martens, J. f. O. 1866, p. 30, no. 186. 



Dr. V. Martens [l. c.) mentions having seen a Tern very abundant on the Passig river 

 and in the Bay of Manilla, which he identifies, with doubt, as above. Examples are 

 noted by him as being preserved in the Berlin Museum. 



Sterna brachyura, v. Kittlitz, Voy. Liitke (Postels), iii. p. 327, sine descr., " Manilla," 

 has not since been recognized. 



Ontchoprion, Wagler. 



209. Ontchoprion an^sthetus. 



L'Hirondelle de mer de I'isle de Panay, Sonn. Voy. Nouv. Guin. p. 125, pi. 84. 

 Sterna anmthetus, Scopoli, Del. Fl. Faun. Insubr. ii. p. 92, no. 72 (1786), ex Sonn. 

 Panayan Tern, Lath. Synop. iii. pt. 2, p. 363, no. 15, ex Sonn. 

 Sterna panay ensis, Gm. S. N. i. p. 607, no. 16 (1788), ex Lath. 



Sterna panaya, Lath. Ind. Om. ii. p. 808, no. 16 (1790), ex Gm.; Finsch & Hartl, Orn. Central- 

 polyn. p. 228 ; Vogl. Ost-Afrik. p. 833. 



Hab. Panay {Sonnerat). 



. Angus, Leach. ; 



210. Anotjs stolidus ? 



Sterna stolida, Linn. S. N. i. p. 227, no. 1 (1766). 



Le petit Fouquet des Philippines, Sonn. Voy. Nouv. Guin. p. 125, pi. 85. 

 Sterna pileata, Scopoli, Del. Fl. Faun. Insubr. ii. p. 92, no. 73 (1786), ex Sonn. 

 Sterna philippina. Lath. Ind. Om. ii. p. 805, no. 7 (1790), ex Sonn. 



Sonnerat's description differs somewhat from A. stolidus ; and until Philippine ex- 

 amples can be compared, the question of identity must remain in doubt. 



