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has red legs and a black, or mostly black, bill, and the rectrices are white, the 

 outermost greatly prolonged in the adult. -S. longipennis Nor dm., which for the 

 same reasons may be expected in Celebes, has black legs and bill, and a white 

 deeply forked tail. The nearest ally of •S'. media is probably S. eurygnatha Saund , 

 which has a white tail and the legs partly yellowish. 



The habits of <S. media are well described by Legge (7) and HeuglinfJj. 



" 383. STERNA BERGII Lcht. 

 Greater Yellow-billed Tern. 



Sterna bergii (1) Licht., Verz. Doubl. Berl. Mus. 1823, 80; (2) Schl., Mus. P.-B., Sternae, 

 1863, 11; (3) Finsch & Hartl, Orn. Centralpolyn. 1867, 216; (4) Heuglin, Orn. 

 N.-O. Afr. 1871, 1436; (5) Hume, Str. F. 1873, I, 283; (6) id., ib. 1876, IV, 470; 

 (7) Saund., P. Z. S. 1876, 657; (Sj Butler, Sir. F. 1877, V, 300; (9) Sharpe, Tr. 

 L. Soc. 1877, (2) I, 350; (10) Hume & Davis., Str. F. 1878, Yl, 493; (11) Legge, 

 B. Ceylon 1880, 1026; (12) W.Ramsay, Tweedd. Orn. Works, Index 1881, 660; 

 (13) Kelh., Ibis 18b2, 201; (14) Salvad., Orn. Pap. 1882, HI, 432; (15) W. Bias. 

 & Nehrk., Verb. z.-b. Ges. Wien 1882, 434; (16) Gates, B. Br. Biirmab 1883, H, 

 428; (17) Meyer, Isis, Dresden 1884, 57; (18) W. Bias., Z. ges. Orn. 1886, 172; 

 (19) Stejn., Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1887, X, 392; (20) Eams., Tab. List 1888, 23; 

 (21) W. Bias., Orn. 1888, 320; (22) Sbarpe, Ibis 1888, 204; (23) North, Nests 

 & Eggs B. Austr. 1889, 354, pi. XIX, f. 2 (egg); (24) Everett, J. Str. Br. R. A. S. 

 1889, 210; (25) Wbitehd., Ibis 1890, 60; (26) Sbarpe, t. c. 149, 285; (27) Steere, 

 List Coll. B. & M. PhiHpp. Is. 1890, 27; (28) Oates ed. Hume's Nests & Eggs Ind. 

 B. 1890, m, 297; (29) Seeb., B. Japan 1890, 2.29; (30) Salvad., Agg. Orn. Pap. 

 1891, 211; (30^'") id., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1890, XXIX, 591, ib. 1891, XXX, 833; 

 (31) Wiglesw., Av. Polyn. 1892, 74; (32) Biittik., Zool. Erg. Weber's Reise 

 1893, m, 2S5; (33) Bns. & Worces., B. Menage Exp. 1894, 31; (34) M. & Wg., 

 J. f. O. 1894, 253; (35) iid.. Abb. Mus. Dresd. 1895, Nr. 8, p. 20; (36) W. E. Clarke, 

 Ens 1895, 479 ; (37) Vorderm., N. T. Ned. Ind. 1895, LIV, 325; (38) Saund., Cat. B. 

 1896, XXV, 89; (39) Salvadori, Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. 1896, XXXVI, 120; 

 (40) Hartert, Nov. Zool. 1896, 250. 



a. Sterna cristata (1) Stepb. (nee Sws.), in Shaw's Gen. Zool. XHI (1), 146 (1826); 

 (2) Swinh., Ibis 1863, 430; (3) Salvad., Cat. Ucc. Borneo 1874, 376. 



Ij. Sterna velox (I) Cretzschm. in Rlipp. Atlas 1826, 21, t. 13; (2) Konig-Warth., Ibis 

 1860, 127, pi. V (eggs). 



c. Sterna pelecanoides (1) King, Siu-vey Int. Austr. 1826, H, 422; (2) Schl, Mus. P.-B., 



Sternae, 1863, 9; (3) Rosenb., Malay. Archip. 1878, 279; (4) Ribbe, Jh. Ver. Erdk. 

 Dresd. 1892, 174. 



d. Thalasseus pelecanoides (I) Gould, B. Austr. 1848, VH, pi. 23. 



e. Thalasseus poliocercus Gould; (I) id., B. Austr. 1848, VII, pi. 24. 

 "Manuana", Kabruang, Talaut, Nat. Coll. 



'•Ngeo", general name for the Terns [Gorontalo], Rosenberg c 3. 



For further synonymy and references cf. Finsch & Hartlaub 5; Heuglin 4\ Salvadori 



14, 30; Saunders 38. 

 Figures and descriptions. Gould d I, e I; Cretzschmar b I; Schlegel 2, c 2; Finsch & 



Hartlaub 5; Heuglin 4; Legge 11; Saunders 38; etc. etc. 



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