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1876 155 393; Saund. l\ Z. S. 1876, G61 ; Mark, ibis 1877, 363; Lay. ib. 1879, 365; NMom, J. f. 0. 

 1879' 409' Finseh, Ibis 1880, 220, 230, 431; id. J. f. 0. 1880, 295; id. Ibis 1881, 113; Sahud. Orn. Pap. 

 1882 III 443; Lay. Ibis 1882, 540, 544; Lister, P. Z. S. 1891, 298. ^^ *" ""-"' 



Sterna marginata Bli/ih, J. A. S. B. 



1846 XV, 373. 



w — — — — — — — , , , ^ 



Onychoprion melanauchen Bli/th, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. .B. 1849, 293. 



Bp, C. K 185G XLII, 773. 



Gygis decorata IlartL Cat. Mus. Godcf. 18G4 I, 5. 



Sternula melanauchen 

 Onychoprion sumatranus 



Saload. Cat. Ucc. Bom. 1874, 374. — ^Kirgirris", Pelew h. (Kubar!/). 



rolyncsia — probably throughout: Pelew Is. (Heimohi, Kab.)'^ Carolhics, 



Uap, lluk, Luganor, 



Nukuor (Kub.)^ Ponapo (Fimch)-^ Marsliall Is., 



Taluit (Finsch)-^ Gilbert Is. (F.)'^ Loyalty Is. (Laxj.)-, New 



Caledonia (Lay.)- Fiji Is. (Gniffe, Lay.); Tonga Is. (Lwy.); Samoa Is. Tl^^y-j ; Phoenix Is., 

 China; Andaman and Nicobar Is.; throughout the Malay Archipelago; Australia. 



Canton (Lister). 



368. Sterna vittata. 



Wreathed Tern, Lath. Gen. Syn. Ill, 359. 



Sterna vittati Gm. S. N. 1788 I, 609; Lath. Ind. 



Orn 1790 II 807; Bechst. Lath. Uebcrs. .111, 316; IV, 488; Gray, Gen. B. Ill, 659; Bp. C. R. 185b XLU, 

 772; Gray, B. Trop. Is. 58; Pek. Novara, Yog. 1865, 152; Saund. V. Z. S. 1876, 647. 



(?) Christmas Id. (Lath.). — Kerguelen Is. and St. Paul. _ 



Mr. Saunders questions the occurrcneo of this species on Christmas Island. Perhaps Christmas 

 Harbour, Kcrguelcu, where Cook's ships anchored, may have been the true locality. 



369. Sterna australis. 



Southern Tern, Latk Gen. Syn. Ill, B65. - Sterna australis Gm. S. N. 1788 II, 608; Lalk Ind. 

 Orn II 926- Bcchsi. Lath. IJebers. Ill, 322; IV, 4!)0; LicAt. in Forst. Descr. An. 1844, 20; Gray, Gen. B. 

 TTI,'659; id.' B. Trop. Is. 58. - Sterna media Forst. (nee Llors^ Descr._ An. ^1 844, 20. - stern 

 5;;.' C. ll 1856 XLII, 77;5. 



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Sternula australis 



Sterna melanauchen? GVay, II. L. 1871 IN, 121 no. 11063. 



Christmas Id. (Lath.). 



A species 



South Pacific Ocean (Forst.). 



parently smaller. 



unknown to modem writers — much resembling S. frontalis Gray, but ap- 



370. Sterna frontalis. 



— Sterna frontalis Oray, 

 *STpnia vGXOX kj tn/ i iiuu j.ttt^yy, i j_,*_^.r^»*^--— ^---j ^ / 



Vov Erebus and Terror, 1844, 19; Saand. P. Z. S. 187(5, G59; Bailer, B. N. Zeal. 1888 2nd ed. 11, G8 pi. XXX. 

 I^t^fa IbT^^^^^^ U- S. Expl. Exp. 1848, 247; Hartl. Wiegm. Arch. 1852, 125. - Sterna 



melanorhyncha GUI. B. Austr. 1848 VII ph 2G; Gray, B. Trop. Is. 58. - Sterna longipennis L^nseh, (noc 

 Nau...) J f. 0. 1867, 339; F.etlL Orn. Centralpol. 220. — T,u. .... , 



Sterna velox Gld. (nee A%i^.) P. Z. S. 1842, -140; Lay. Ibis 1880, 233. 



J%''/: Is.: Ngau fG'ray;. 



„Maal", Lifu (Lay.). 



Toiuja Is. (Mas. Faris). — ? Loyolty Is.: Lifu (Lay.) — New 



Zealand ; Tasmania. 



371. Sternula sinensis. 



Sterna sinensis Gm. S. N. 1788 II, COS (ex Lath.); Saund. P. Z. S. 1876 (!G2. 



sinensis Swinhoe, Ibis 1863, 429; Salvad. Orn. Pap. 1882 111, 445. ■ r f f 



Vm 192- icZ B N Guin V pi. 72; Lay. Ibis 1881, 134; 1882, 540,544. - Sternula nereis Xay. (nee r_ 

 l"s'l878; 2657187^07, 365; Tristr. t. c. 185; Lay. Ibis 1880, 233; Tristr. Cat. Coll. B. 1889, 9. 



Sternula 



Sternula placens Gld. Ann. N. II. 1871 



Sternula nereis L^ai/. (nee Gld.) 



„Maal% Lifu 



JVe/w 



to Australia. 



//. etc.). - ? Loyalty Is.: Lifu (Laf/.). 



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r 



372. Onychoprion fuliginosus 



Ranges from China and India 



Sooty Tern, Lath. Gen. Syn. Ill, 352. - Sterna fuliginosa Gm. S. N. 1788 I 60o; Beehs^. Lath. 

 Uebers. Ill, 310; L,.ht. iu Forst. Dei. An. 1844, 276; 7W. U «. I^P 184 ; ^'^^'-J^;^- ^^"^^^^ 

 125; Cass. U. S. Exp. 1858, 386; F et H. Orn. Centralpol. 1867, 22a W, J- f- 0. 1^72, 56 ^ X.y^ i 

 Z S 1875 30; Said. P. Z. S. 1876. 606; i'V.../, J. Mus. Godef. 1876 XII, 39 ^^ests, Km Nat. 877, 

 ?if«' J. L. B. 1878 XIY, 404; ^.... . 1. a 1879, 409;^_^.«., i.^880,^, ^^t/l^^.ti! 



252; McFarl. Ibis 1887, 213, 214; R.Blas. Ornis 1887, 361- ^ 



Sterna serrata OV- Nat. Syst. Amphib. 1830, 89, I'ont. Uesu. 



B. 1889, 9; LAstcr, P. Z. S. 1891, 296. 



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An. 1844, 276. 



Onychoprion serratus iVayl. Tsis 1832, 277; Gray, B. Trop. Is. 59. 



Planetis guttatus 



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