STERNA. 693 



As. Soc, Bengal, p. 286, 1849 ; Kjaerb., Orn. Dan., tab. 38, fig. 6, 1851 ; jMacgill, Br. B., 

 iv, p. 547, 1852; Schl., Vog. NederL, pi. 252, 1862; B:artl., Orn., Western A£r., p. 244, 

 1857; Jaub. et Bartli., Lap. Rich. Orn., p. 491, 185g ; Sundev., Sv. Fogl., pi. xlv, fig. 4, 

 1858; Fritscli., Vog. Eur., pi. xxxv, figs. 1, 2, 1858; Jerdon, B. Ind., vol. iii, p. 718, 1864 ; 

 Scbl., Mus. P.-B. Ualli, p. 45, 1865; Layard, B. S. Afr., p. 341, 1867; Loche, Expl. 

 Sci. Alger. Ois., t. ii, p. 347, 1867; Degl. et Gerbe, Orn. Eur., Bd. ii, p. 262, 1867; Schl. 

 & Poll., Faun. Madag., p. 136, 1868; Doderl., Avif. Sicil., p. 201, 1869; Finscli. & Hartl., 

 Vog. Ostafr., p. 787, 1870; Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1871, p. 414; Gray, Handl., vol. iii, 

 p. 66, 1871; Salvad., Faun. Ital. Ucc, p. 232, 1871; Heugl., Orn., N. O. Afr., p. 1224, 

 1871; Shelley, B. Egypt, p. 275, 1872; Anders., B. Dam. Ld., p. 323, 1872; Holdsw., 

 Proc. Zool. Soc, 1872, p. 475; Hume & Henders., Lahore to Yarkand, p. 293, 1873; 

 Severtzoff, Turkest. Jevotn., 1873, p. 69 ; Gould, B. Gt. Br., vol. iv, pi. Ixxxvi, 1873 ; Hume, 

 Stray Feathers, 1873, p. 250 ; Adam., t. c, p. 398; Ball, Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 432; 

 Stoliczka, t. c, p. 461 ; Hume, t. c, p. 483, 1875, p. 187 ; Walden, Tr. Zool. Soc, ix, p. 229, 

 1875; Blyth & Walden, Journ. As. Soc, Bengal, vol. xliv, ex. No., p. 162, 1875; Hume, 

 Nests and Eggs, Ind. B., p. 597, 1874; Irby, Orn. Gibr., p. 144, 1875; Butler, Stray 

 Feathers, 1876, p. 20; Hume, ^. c, p. 192; Tacz., Bull. Soc. Zool., France, i, p. 260, 1876; 

 Oates & Hume, Stray Feathers, 1876, pp. 20, 35 ; Scully, t. e., p. 192 ; Godwin- Austen, 

 Journ. As. Soc, vol. xlv, 1876, p. 84; Schalow, Journ. fiir Ornith., 1876, pp. 157, 188 ; 

 Palmen, 2^. c, p. 51 ; Nehrkorn, t. c, p. 160; Bocage, t. c, p. 298; Wharton, Ibis, 1876 

 p. 27 ; Burnett, t. c, p. 213; Swiuhoe, t. c, p. 335 ; Dresser, i.e., p. 413; Hartl., Vog. 

 Madag., p. 347, 1877 ; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1877, p. 46 ; Oates, t. c, p. 165; Butler, t. c, 

 pp. 224, 233. 



Crex cidorojms, Licht., Verz. Doubl., p. 79, 1823. 



JRallus cTiloropus, Savi, Orn. Fosc, t. ii, p. 382, 1829. 



Stagnicola septentrionalis , Brehm, Vog. Deutschl., p. 704, 1831. 



Stagnicola cJdorojms, Brehm, t. c, p. 706, 1831. 



Stagnicola minor, Brehm, Vogelf., p. 331, 1855. 



Stagnicola parviffons, Brehm, I. c. 



Stagnicola meridionalis, Brehm, L c. 



Stagnicola brachi/jjtera, Brehm, I. c. 



a. S Bhamo, 3rd February 1868. 



b. ? Muangla, 19th May 1868. 

 c. d. e. Momien, June 1868. 



Common in Upper Burma and in Western Yunnan. 



Y^Ti\\\Y—LAniJ)JE. 



Genus Sterna, Linn. 

 220. Sterna seena, Sykes. 



Sterna seena, Sykes, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1832, p. 171; Gray, Handl. B., vol. iii, p. 121, 1871 ; Ball, 

 Stray Feathers, 1874, p. 440; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 193; id.. Nests and Eggs, 

 Ind. B., p. 650, 1874; id.. Stray Feathers, 1875, p. 193; Butler, op. eit., 1876, p. 32 • 

 Fairbank, t. c, p. 264; Hume, op. cit., 1877, p. 47. 



Sterna aurantia, J, E. Gray & Hardw., 111. Ind. Zool., vol. ii, pi. Ixix, fig. 2, 1834; G. R. Gray, 

 Gen. B., vol. iii, p. 659, 1846; Hume, Stray Feathers, 1873, p. 281; Oates, op. cit., 1875^ 

 p. 348. 



Sterna irevirostris, J. E. Gray & Hardw.^ 111. Ind. Orn., pi. Ixix, fig. 1, 1834. 



