Nos.6 & 7.] THE AUSTRAL AVIAN RECORD 139 



4919 (1784), 2, Bass Strait=Type of melanor- 

 hyncha and velox, the former being merely 

 a new name for velox, which was preoccupied. 



163. Sterna melanura Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., 



Pt. IV., App. p. 7, 1838 (New South Wales). 



Type was in the United Service Museum according 

 to Gould. 



164. Sternula nereis Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1842, 



p. 140, 1843. 



4908 (1778), <?, Bass Strait=Type. 



166. Sternula placens Gould, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 Ser. IV., Vol. VIII., p. 192, 1871 (Port Darwin). 



Type in the British Museum. 



169. Anous cinereus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.) 

 1845, p. 104, 1846 (North-east Coast). 



5033 (1774), <$, East Coast=Type. 



171. Anous melanops Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. (Lond.) 



1845, p. 103, 1846. 



5022 (1756), <$, Houtman's Abrolhos=Type. 



172. Anous leucocapillus Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. 



(Lond.) 1845, p. 103, 1846 (North Coast). 



5025 (1759), <$, Raine Island=Type. 



185. HiEMATOPUS australasianus Gould, Synops. Birds 

 Austr., Pt. IV., App., p. 6, 1838. 



11572 (1429), <$, "Tasmania" (agrees except in 

 locality ; the type is stated by Gould to be from 

 New South Wales ; doubtless the locality on 

 the specimen is an error. 



187. H^ematopus fuliginosus Gould, Birds Austr. f 

 Vol. VI., PI. 8, 1845. 



11568 (1435), £, Tasmania=Type. 



