167 



BLACK VIRALVE. 



( Viral va nigra.) 



Vi. corpore nigro vel cano, dcrso cinereo. 



Viral ve with the body black or hoary, the back ash-coloured. 



Sterna nigra. Linn. Syst. Nat. \. 227. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 



60S. Lath. Ind, Orn. 2. 810. Briss. Orn. 6. 21 1. 

 Sterna fidipes. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1.228. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 



610. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 810. 

 Sterna atricapilla. Briss. Orn. 6. 214. 

 Sterna cinerea. Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. 808 ? 

 Larus niger Gesneri. Rait Syn. 131. A. 



Larus niger fidipes alis longioribus Aldrovandi. Raii Syn. 131. 

 Larus minor fidipes nostras. Raii Syn. 132. A. 

 Viralva nigra. Leach in Brit. Mus. Collection. 

 Hirondelle de mer noire, ou FEpouventail. Buff. Hist. Nat. 



Ois. 8. 341. Buff. PI. Enl. 333. Temm. man. d'Orn. 484. 



Id. 2 Edit. ii. 749. Cuv. Reg. Anim. ] . 521. 

 Hirondelle de mer a tete noire, ou le Gachet. Buff. Hist. Nat. 



Ois. 8. 342. 

 Lesser Sea Swallow. Alb. Birds, 2. pi. 89. 

 Black Tern. Perm. Brit. Zool. 2. 256. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 



450. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 366. Lath. Syn. Sup. 267. Letv. 



Brit. Birds, 6. pi. 206. Wale. Syn. I. pi. 122. Don. Brit. 



Birds, 4. pi. 74. Mont. Orn. Diet. 2. and Supp. Bew. Brit. 



Birds, 2. 203. Lath. Gen. Hist. x. 121. 

 Young. — Sterna nsevia. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 609. Linn. Syst. 



Nat. 1. 228. Briss. Orn. 6. 216. pi. 20. f. 2. 

 Sterna Boysii, |S. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 806. 

 La Guiffette. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. 8. 339. Buff. PI. Enl. 924. 

 Lesser Sea Swallow. Alb. Birds, 2. 90. 

 Kamtschatkan Tern. Penn. Arct. Zool. 2. 525. Lath. Gen. 



Hist. x. 123. 

 Sandwich Tern. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 358. A. 

 Black-headed Tern. Lath. Gen. Hist. x. 123. 



