PANAYAN TERN. 157 



second of these had a shorter beak : the tail ash- 

 coloured, with white shafts ; and the general colour 

 of the plumage every where darker : probably a young 

 bird. Inhabits Christmas Island." 



PANAYAN TERN. 



(Sterna Panaya.) 



St. subtas alba^ vertice nigro maculato, cervice griseo-nigricante^ 



alis cauddque Jiiscis . 

 Tern beneath white, the crown spotted with black, the cervix 



dusky-griseous, the wings and tail brown. 

 Sterna Panayensis. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 607. 

 Sterna Panaya. Lath. Inch Orn. 2. 801. 

 L'Hirondelle de mer de l'lsle de Panay. Sonn. Voy. Ltd. 125. 



pi. 84. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 8. 344. 

 Panayan Tern. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 363. Lath. Gen. Hist. x. 



119. 



This bird greatly resembles the Common species, 

 but its plumage is considerably darker above : it is 

 the same size as that bird : its beak is black : the top 

 of the head is spotted with black : the hind part of 

 the neck greyish-black : the wings and tail are of an 

 umbre colour above and greyish beneath : the fore 

 part of the neck, the breast, and the belly, are white : 

 the legs are black. Inhabits the Island of Panay. 



