Subfam. Sterninae. — 1454 — Geu. Hydrochelidon. 



Sterna antractica, Cuv. (nee Forst.) Mus. Par. — Less. Trait. d'Orn. 

 I. p. 621. — Onychoprion panaya, Gould, B. of Austr. VII. pl. 33. 

 (adult.) — Gould, Handb. B. Austr. II. p. 612. — Rchb. Schwimmv. 

 Novit, t. XXII. b. f. 2265. & 2266. (Onychoprion fuliginosus) & t. 

 XXII. h. f. 2638. & 2639. (0. panaya) — Haliplana fuliginosa, Cab. 

 (nee Gniel.) Cab. Journ. 1857. p. 233. (not.) — Haliplana panayensis, 

 Bp. Compt. rend. 1856. I. p. 772. — Onychoprion anasthaetus, Blyth. 

 Cat. p. 293. — Jerd. B. of Ind. HI. p. 844. — Elliot, B. N. Amer. 

 pl. 57. — Hydrochelidon (Haliplana) anosthaetus (!), Gray, Handl. 

 III. p. 122. — Sterna panayensis , Sclileg. Cat. Stern, p. 26. — 

 Sterna panaya, Finsch & Hartl. Orn. Centr. Polyn. p. 228. — Sterna 

 infuscata, Licht. Doubl. Cat. p. 81. part. (ptilos. hyemal.) — Sterna 

 fidiginosa, Licht. Nomencl. p. 97. — Sterna panayensis , Schleg. & 

 Poll. Madag. p. 148. — Haliplana panayensis , Cab. v. d. Decken, 

 Reisen III. p. 52. — Sterna melanoptera, Hartl. W. Afr. Nr. 722. — 

 Sterna panaya, Finsch & Hartl. 0. Afr. p. 833. — Haliplana pa- 

 nayensis, Hartl. Madag. p. 86. — Thalassipora infuscata, Rüpp. Syst. 

 Uebers. Nr. 519. — Sterna infuscata, Heugl. Syst. üebers. Nr. 741. 

 — Sterna panaya, Heugl. Faun. Roth. Meer Nr. 313. & p. 31. 

 (descr.) — Sterna infiiscuta, Heugl. Faun. Roth. Meer Nr. 312. & 

 p. 32. (descr.) — Sterna panayensis, Heugl. Peterm. Geogr. Mitth. 

 1869. p. 417. — Sterna infuscata, Heugl. Ibis 1859. p- 351. — 

 Sterna panayensis, König- Warth. Neott. Stud. Nr. 122. — Haliplana 

 discolor, Coues, Ibis 1864. p. 392. — Lawr. Ann. Lyc. N. York 

 VIII. p. 105. — Onychoprion panaya, Krefft, Ibis 1862. p. 192. — 

 Salvin, Ibis 1864. p. 381. — 1866. p. 199. — Blyth, Ibis 1865. p. 

 39. _ Newton, Ibis 1867. p. 347. — Beavan, Ibis 1867. p. 334. 

 (0. anastaetus!) — 1868. p. 404. — Dohrn, Proc. L. Z. S. 1866. 

 p. 331. (Sterna melanopttera) — Hartl. Cab. Journ. 1855. p. 419. sp. 

 7. — 1861. p. 272. (St. infuscata) — v. Rosenb. Cab. Journ. 1864. 

 p. 138. — Blas. Cab. Journ. 1866. p. 80. 



Pileo, cervice et loris cirenmscripte fusco-nigris ; margine fron- 

 tali striaque late superciliari , collo antico et laterali abdomi- 

 neque niveis; fascia ancheniali dilute alba, partim colore purpur- 

 ascente-cinereo adumbrata ; notaeo reliquo e chocolatino sebistaeeo- 

 unibrino; raargiue cubitali alba ; alae tectrieibus mjnoribus saturate 



