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S. Farn Islands. Seebohm Coll. 



4. Farn Islands, June (E. Hargitt). Seebohm Coll., 



43. Farn Islands, June {H. Seebohm). Seebohm OoU. 



2. Carlskrone, Sweden, 26th May. Seebohm Coll. 

 1. Rugen, Baltic, June {T. Holland). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Holstein, N. Germany, June ( T. H.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Pomerania (T. JS.). Seebohm Coll. 



Sterna longipennis, Nordm. 

 (Plate XIV. fig. 4.) 



Sterna longipennis, iSeeioAm, Birds Japan. Emp.^. 296 (1890); La Tavuehe, 

 Ibis, 1892, p. 608 ; Saimders, Cat. Birds A M. xxv. p. Q7 (1896) ; 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 185 (1899). 



Of the three eggs of Kordmann's Tern in the Collection, one is of 

 a lengthened pointed oval form and the other two are broad ovals, 

 but with the smaller end distinctly pointed. The ground is of a 

 pale bnff or greenish buff, and this is marked in the usual manner 

 with blackish brown and pale purple. The specimens measure 

 - respectively : 1-6 by 1-1 ; 1-55 by 1-12 ; 1-5 by 1-12. 



3. Yokohama, Japan (H. Fryer). Seebohm Coll. 



Sterna albigena, Lichu 

 (Plate XIV. fig. 5.) 



Sterna senegalensis, Konig- Worth. Ibis, 1860, pp. 125, 432. 



Stei'na albigena, Oates ed. Hume, Nests ^ Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 311, footnote 



(1890) ; Saunders, Cat. Birds B. M. xxv. p. 69 (1896) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. i. p. 135 (1899). 



The eggs of Lichtenstein's Tern are mostly of an oval form, with 

 the smaller end pointed. The breadth of the egg varies a good deal 

 in relation to the length, some examples being narrow and lengthened, 

 and others being broad and short. The ground is typically of a 

 warm creamy buff-colour, but sometimes it is whitish with a faint 

 bluish tinge, and sometimes of a- pale cream-colour; The markings 

 are sparingly distributed over the shell and consist of spots and 

 small blotches of various shades of brown, ranging from, yellowish 

 brown and chocolate-brown to blackish brown. There are also the 

 usual pale purple underlying markings. Some specimens are nearly 

 unmarked ; others are marked with small dots only. They measure 

 from 1-48 to 1-71 in length, and from 1-07 to 1-21 in breadth. 



28. Island of Allah, Persian Gulf, 1st Hume Coll. 



June (E. A. Butler). 

 31. Island ofAUah, 10th June (X^.^.). Hume Coll. 

 3. Island of AUah (E. A. B.). Saunders Coll. 



2. Tungistan Island, Persian Gulf, 8th Hume Coll. 



June (E. A. B.). 

 8 Island 16 miles south of Bushire, Hume Coll. 



13th July (E. A. B.). 

 1. Dhalak Archipelago, Red Sea Saunders Coll. 

 (Konig-v(m- Warthmsen). 



