APPENDIX. 349' 



An example is said to have been shot at Taplow, Bucking- 

 hamshire, Aug. 1863. 



Wilson's Snipe breeds in North America from Alaska and 

 Labrador to California and New Jersey. In winter it may 

 be found as far south as southern Brazil, as well as in the 

 "West Indies. 



Order LARIFORMES. 



Family LAEID^. 



Sterna bergii. Swift Teen. 



sterna bergii Lichtenstein, Verzeichn. Doubl. 1823, p. 80 r 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



Sterna bergii LicJit. ; B. O. JJ. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 182 ; Saun- 

 ders, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. 1896, p. 89 ; id. Manual, 2nd. 

 ed. 1899, p. 656. 



An example erroneously recorded near Dublin in Dec. 

 1876. 



This is a purely tropical species found along the coasts of 

 the Indian and Pacific Oceans from the Cape of Good Hope- 

 to the China and Australian seas. It has recently been 

 separated into a number of subspecies, the typical race being 

 restricted to the Cape. 



Sterna ansethetus. Scopoli's Soott Tern. 



sterna ansethetus ScopoU, Del. Faun, et Flor. Ins. ii.. 

 1786, p. 92 ; Philippine Islands. 



Sterna ansestheta Scop. ; B. 0. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 184 ; 

 Saunders, Oat. Birds B. M. xxv. 1896, p. 101 ; id. Manual,. 

 2nd ed. 1899, p. 664. 



An example is said to have been taken off a lightship at the 

 mouth of the Thames, Sept. 1875, but the evidence is not 

 very satisfactory. 



