484 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
S[terna] aranea Bonararte, Obs. Nomencl. Wilson’s Am. Orn., 1826, [208]. 
[Sterna] aranea Pevzeun, Orn. Bras., 1870, 461.—Gray, Hand-list, iii, 1871, 119, 
no. 11041. 
(?) Hydroprogne aranea Kaur, Natiirl. Syst., 1829, 91, 196. 
Gelochelidon aranea Bream, Vég. Deutschl., 1831, 775; Vogelf., 1855, 347; Nau- 
mannia, 1855, 295.—Bonararte, Geog. and Comp. List, 1838, 61.—Brewerr, 
Proc. Bost. Soc. N.H.., vii, 1860, 308 (Cuba).—Gunptacu, Journ. fiir Orn., 1862, 
94 (Cuba; crit.); 1871, 294 (Cuba). 
Viralva aranea Goutp, in Darwin Zool. Voy. ‘Beagle,’ iii, 1841, 145 (Bahia Blanca, 
Argentina). 
[Gelochelidon] aranea Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., xlii, 1856, 772.—GuNp.acu, 
Journ. fiir Orn., 1861, 346 (Cuba). 
S[terna] anglica ‘‘aranea” Ripeway, Ann. Lyc. N. Y., x, 1874, 391 (Lake Michi- 
gan, Illinois). 
Gelochelidon nilotica aranea Matuews, Birds Australia, ii, pt. 3, Sept. 20, 1912, 
_ 380 (North America). 
Sterna afinis (not of Ruppell) Horsriezp, Trans. Linn. Soc., xiii, 1820, 199; 
Zool. Res. Java, 1824, 8. 
Viralva afinis StepHEns, Shaw’s Gen. Zool., xiii, pt. 1, 1826, 175. 
Gelochelidon affinis Bots, Isis, 1844, 187. 
[Gelochelidon] afinis BonaPartE, Compt. Rend., xlii, 1856, 772. 
Gelochelidon. nilotica afinis MaruEws, Birds Australia, ii, pt. 3, Sept. 20, 1912, 
330 (Java, etc.). 
Sterna risoria Bren, Vogelk., iii, 1822, 650, pl. 5; Lehrb. Eur. Vég., 1824, 682. 
Sterna meridionalis Breum, Lehrb. Eur. Vég., 1824, 988.—Heveuin, Ibis, 1859, 
35 (Massaua). 
Gelochelidon balthica Bream, Vég. Deutschl., 1831, 772; Vogelf., 1855, 346; Nau- 
mannia, 1855, 295. 
Gelochelidon agraria-Breum, Vig. Deutschl., 1831, 773: Vogelf., 1855, 347; Nau- 
mannia, 1855, 295. 
[Gelochelidon] meridionalis Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., xlii, 1856, 772. 
Gelochelidon meridionalis Bream, Vég. Deutschl., 1831, 774; Vogelf., 1855, 347; 
Naumannia, 1855, 295.—Locue, Expl. Sci. Algér., Ois., ii, 1867, 198. .. 
Sterna nuttalli “‘Aud” [ubon] Nurratzt, Man. Orn. U. 8. and Can., Water Birds, 
1834, 279, footnote (Dry Tortugas, Florida). 
Sterna] nuttalli Gray, Gen. Birds, iii, 1846, 659. 
Hydrocecropis nuttalli Bois, Isis, 1844, 179. 
Sterna macrotarsa GouLD, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1837, 26 (Tasmania; coll. 
J. Goutp); Synop. Birds Australia, pt. ii, 1837, fig. 2. 
S[terna] macrotarsa Gray, Gen. Birds, iii, 1846, 659. 
[Sterna] macrotarsa Gray, Hand-list, iii, 1871, 119, no. 11042. 
Gelochelidon macrotarsa Boz, Isis, 1844, 187.—REIcHENBacH, Vég. Neuhol., 
1850, 347.—Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., xlii, 1856, 772.—GouLp, Handb. 
Birds Australia, ii, 1865, 403; Birds Australia, Suppl., 1869, pl. 81—Ramsay, 
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1877, 348 (Brisbane).—Martuews, Birds Australia, 
ii, 1913, pl. [104] facing p. 327. 
Gelochelidon nilotica macrotarsa Matuews, Birds Australia, ii, pt. 3, Sept. 20, 
1912, 327, 331 (Australia). 
Gelochelidon palustris Maccituivray, Man. Brit. Orn., pt. ii, 1842, 237. 
Gelochelidon velox BreuM, Vogelf., 1855, 347; Naumannia, 1855, 295. 
Gelochelidon nilotwa addenda Maruews, Birds Ausiralia, ii, pt. 3, Sept. 20, 1912, 
331 (China; breeding). 
Gelochelidon nilotica grénvoldi Matuews, Birds Australia, ii; pt. 3, Sept. 20, 
1912, 331 (South America; breeding). 
