504 BULLETIN 50, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 
Orn. Biog., iii, 1835, 366, pl. 250; Synopsis, 1839, 319; Birds, Am., 8vo. ed., 
vii, 1844, 107, pl. 436.—Govxp, Birds Europe, v, 1837, pl. 419 and text.— 
Scuinz, Vég. Eur., 1840, 373.—Macemuivray, Man. Brit. Orn., pt. ii, 1842, 
232; Brit. Birds, v, 1852, 643.—Srtys-Lonecuamps, Faun. Belg., 1842, 150.— 
YARRELL, Brit. Birds, iii, 1843, 399; 2d ed., iii, 1845, 507 —Hzwirson, Eggs 
Brit. Birds, ii, 1846, 428, pl. 120, fig. 2—Reicnensacu, Natatores, 1848, pl. 
20, figs. 274-280.—Wo.tey, in Jardine’s Contr. Orn., 1850, 113 (Farées).— 
Meyer, Brit. Birds, vii, 1857, 90, pl. 293.—SunpEvatu, Svensk Fogl., 1863, pl. 
48, figs. 2, 3.—Gray (R.) Birds West Scotl., 1871, 468.—Turnsuit, Birds 
E. Penn. and N. J., 1869, 139 (fall and winter).—Patmén, Finlands Foglar, 
1878, 578; Cat. Swed. Lond. Fish. Exhib., 1883, 202.—Apams, Ibis, 1878, 440 
(St. Michaels, Alaska; habits).—Fitpen, Zoologist, 1879, 7 (Prince Albert 
Land).—SzEsoum, Hist. Brit. Birds, iti, 1885, 284. 
S[terna] arctica Maximiian, Journ, ftir Orn., 1859, 258.—Purnam, Proc. Essex 
Inst., i, 1856, 221 (Beverly Harbor, Mass.) 
Sterna argentata BreuM, Beitr. Vogelk., iii, 1822, 692; Lehrb. Eur. Vég., 1824, 
689; Vég. Deutschl., 1831, 782; Naumannia, 1855, 295; Vogelf., 1855, 348.— 
Homever, Ornis, 1885, $81.—LiTKeEn, Ornis, 1885, 141; 1886, 99.—WinGE (0.), 
Ornis, 1885, 592 (Denmark, breeding).—Gronpat, Ornis, 1885, 371 (Iceland), 
Sterna brachytarsa GraBa, Reise n. Faré, 1830, 219.—Brenm, Vég. Deutachl., 
1831, 787. 5 
Sterna argentacea Bren, Vég. Deutschl., 1831, 786. 
Sterna oceani BreuM, Vog. Deutschl., 1831, 786. 
Sterna brachypus Swainson, Birds West Africa, ii, 1837, 252—Harrzavs, Orn. 
W.-Afrika, 1857, 255.—Layarp, Birds South Africa, 1867, 371.—GurRNEy, 
This, 1868, 262 (s. Africa).—Srer.ine, Ibis, 1868, 284 (Europa Island, Mozam- 
bique Channel). 
' S[terna] brachypus Gray, Gen. Birds, iii, 1846, 659. 
[Sterna] brachypus Gray, Hand-list, iii, 1871, 118, no. 11022. 
Hydrocecropis brachypus Bo1n, Isis, 1844, 179. 
Sterna senegalensis SCHLEGEL, Mus. Pays-Bas., vi, Sternae, 1863, 16, part. 
Sterna coccineirostris ReicHENBACcH, Natatores, Novit., 1850, p. viii, pl. 271, fig. 
2262 (‘‘Mexico”). 
[Sterna] coccinetrosiris Gray, Hand-list, iii, 1871, 118, no. 11029. 
Sterna piket Lawrence, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N. Y., vi, 1853, 3 (vicinity of 
Monterey, California); in Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 863; ed. 
1860 (Birds N. Am.), pl. 95.—Barrp, Cat. N. Am. Birds, 1859, no. 693.— 
Covss, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 550 (monogr.). 
[Sterna] pike: Gray, Hand-list, iii, 1871, 118, no. 11031. 
[Sterna] pykit Bonaparte, Compt. Rend., xlii, 1856, 772. 
[Sterna] longipennis (not of Nordmann, 1835) Couzs, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 321 
(erroneous identification of S. piket Lawrence). 
Sterna longipennis Cours, Check List, 1873, no. 568.—Sresnecer, Proc. U. 8. 
Nat Mus., vi, 1883, 70. 
Sterna portlandica Ripaway, Am. Nat., viii, no. 7, July, 1874, 433, in text (Portland 
“Harbor, Maine; coll. U. 8. Nat. Mus.) ix, 1875, 54, 55 (crit.).—Covzs, Birds 
Northwest, 1874, 691 (monogr.).—Brewster, Ann. Lyc. N. Y., xi, 1876, 201 
(crit.). 
(?) Sterna atrofasciata Puuirri and LANDBECK, Wiegmann’s Archiv fiir Naturg., 
1863, Bd. i, 204 (Colchagua, Chile;—young?). 
(?) [Sterna] atrofasciata Gray, Hand-list, iii, 1871, no. 11035. 
(?) [Pelodes] albistriata (not Hydrochelidon albistriata Gray, 1844¢) Heine and 
ReicHEeNnow, Nom. Mus. Hein. Orn., 1890, 356 (‘‘St. Johns Id., West Indies’’). 
4 Or else the locality probably wrong. 
