BIRDS OF BERMUDA.’ ZTE 
ous plumage, caught near Paget Quarry, on the south shore, on the 19th 
September, 1875. 
Genus HYDROCHELIDON, Boie. 
177. Hydrochelidon nigra, (Linn.) Boie. Black Tern, 
Sterna nigra, Linn., Mey. & Wolf, Temm, 
Sterna nevia, Linn. 
Sterna fissipes, Linn., Schl. 
Larus merulinus, Scop. 
Sterna surinamensis, Gm. 
Sterna plumbea, Wils. 
Hydrochelidon nigra, Boie. 
Viralva nigra, Steph. 
Anous plumbea, Steph. 
Hydrochelidon fissipes, Gray, Blas., Deg]. & Gerbe, Scl. & Salv., Comes. 
Hydrochelidon plumbea, Lawr. and other Am. authors. 
Pelodes surinamensis, Gray. 
Hydrochelidon lariformis, Coues, 
‘Sterna cesia, Linn.,” Gundl. 
Length, 9.25; wing, 8.25; tail, 3.75; bill, 1.10; tarsus, .68. 
Hab.—Europe, Palestine, and North Africa to the Nile. Across the 
continent of North America, visiting West Indies and Spanish Main 
on the one side, and going as far south as Peru and Chili on the Pacific 
coast in winter (Saunders). 
Mr. Bartram obtained the only recorded example of this Ternin St. 
George’s Harbor in October, 1876, after a severe gale from the north- 
west. It was in company with many other Terns of various species, 
but only one other, S. fluviatilis, was identified. 
Genus ANOUS, Leach. 
178, Anous stolidus (Linn.), Gray. Noddy Tern. 
Sterna stolida, Linn., Gm., Lath., Less., Bp., Nntt., Aud., Schl., Hart., Maxim. 
Megalopterus stolidus, Boie, Bp., Keys. & Blas. 
Anous stolidus, Gray, Cab., Lawr., Scl., Coues, Scl. & Salv., Saunders. 
Anous niger, Steph., Eyt. 
Gavia leucoceps, Sw. 
Sterna pileata, Scop. 
Anas rousseaui, Hartl. 
Anous fuscatus et spadicea, Steph. 
Length, 16; wing, 10 to 10.50; tail, 6; bill, 1.75; tarsus, 1. . 
Hab.—Ranges from the Gulf coast of North America to the shores of 
Australia, througbout Polynesia, and occurs in fact in all tropical waters. 
A straggler to the British seas (Saunders). 
A solitary example was killed near Ireland Island by Captain Tolcher, 
Fifth-sixth Regiment, on the 12th September, 1854, 
