BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 509 
H., xii, 1868, 126 (South Carolina).—Satvin, Ibis, 1866, 199 (Honduras).— 
Léoraup, Ois. Trinidad, 1866, 539.—Auuen, Proc. Essex Inst., iv, 1864, 90 
(Massachusetts); Am. Nat., iii, 1870, 643 (Massachusetts, breeding).—May- 
NARD, Nat. Guide, 1870, 186 (Massachusetts, common, breeding).—F rirscu, 
Vog. Eur., 1870, 457, pl. 57, fig. 1—Gou.p, Birds Great Brit., v, 1873, pl. 71 
and text.—Wa.peEn, Ibis, 1874, 149 (Port Blair, Andaman Islands; crit.).— 
Hume, Stray Feath., iii, 1875, 501 (Andaman Islands).—Gunptacu, Repert. 
Fisico-Nat. Cuba, i, 1866, 392; Journ. fiir Orn., 1875, 391 (Cuba); 1878, 163, 
191 (Porto Rico); Orn. Cubana, 1876, 310; Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., vii, 
1878, 411 (Porto Rico).—Cory, Birds Bahama Is., 1880, 212; ed. 1890, 212. 
—OLPHE-GALLIARD, Contr. Faun. Eur. Occid., livr. x, 1886, 19.—Sraut, 
Ornis, vol. 3, 1887, 453 (Porto Rico). 
[Sterna] paradisea Lawrences, Ann. Lyc. N. Y., viii, 1867, 299 (vicinity New 
York City).—Gray, Hand-list, iii, 1871, 119, no. 11038.—Covzs, Key N. 
Am. Birds, 1872, 321. 
S[terna] paradisea Gray, Gen. Birds, iii, 1846, 659. 
[Sterna] paradisxa (not of Briinnich) Cougs, Key N. Am. Birds, 1872, 321. 
Sterna paradisexa Cours, Check List, 1873, no. 569. 
Sterna gracilis Goutp, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1845 (pub. Oct.), 76 (Houtman’s 
Abrolhos, off w. coast Australia; coll. J. Gould?); 1847, 222 (Houtman’s 
Abrolhos); Birds Australia, vii, 1848, pl. 27 and text; Handb. Birds Australia, 
ii, 1865, 399.—ReicHensacu, Vég. Neuholl., 1850, 346—Gray, Proc. 
Zool. Soc. Lond., 1859, 166 (New Caledonia); Cat. Mam. and Birds New 
Guinea, 1859, 63; Cat. Birds Trop. Is. Pacific Ocean, 1859, 58.—ScHLEGEL, 
Mus. Pays-Bas, vi, no. 24 (Sternae), 1864, 19.—Finscn and Harriavs, Faun. 
Centralpolnes., 1867, 215.—Hotpsworts, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1872, 481 
(Ceylon).—Hume, Stray Feath., ii, 1874, 317 (Andaman Islands).—Lzaez, 
Stray Feath., iii, 1875, 376 (Ceylon).—Layarp (EH. L. and E. L. C.), Ibis, 
1878, 265 (New Caledonia); 1880, 233 (Loyalty Islands, e. of New Caledonia); 
1882, 540 (New Caledonia; habits; descr. eggs)—Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. 
N.S. W., iv, 1880, 84; vii, 1883, 41 (Solomon Islands).—Tristram, Ibis, 1882, 
144 (Solomon Islands).— Maruews, Birds Australia, ii, 1912, pl. [108] fac- 
ing p. 358. 
[Sterna] gracilis SHarpe, Hand-list, i, 1899, 135 (Australia only). 
Sterna dougalli gracilis Cory, Cat. West Ind. Birds, 1892, 82 (Antigua and Re- 
donda, Lesser Antilles), 135 (crit.)—Banes, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., xxxvi, 
1901, 256 (Liu Kiu Islands; crit.); Proc. New Engl. Zool. Club, iii, 1908, 94 
(Liu Kiu Islands)—Roruscnitp and Hartert, Novit. Zool., ix, 1902. 
- 594 (Ysabel Islands, Solomon group; crit.; descr. eggs).—Harvtert, Novit, 
Zool., xii, 1905, 199 (Bedout Island, n. w. Australia).—Crarx (A. H.), Proc. 
Bost. Soc. N. H., xxxii, 1905, 257 (St. Vincent, Grenada, and Grenadines, 
Lesser Antilles; crit.; habits; descr. nest and eggs). 
Sterna dougallu gracilis Matuews, Birds Australia, ii, pt. 4, 1912, 358, 365. 
Sterna dougallit bangst Matuews, Birds Australia, ii, pt. 4, Nov. 1, 1912, 364 
(Foo Chow, China; Liu Kiu Islands). 
Sterna dougallti korustes Matuews, Birds Australia, ii, pt. 4, Nov. 1, 1912, 364 
(Andaman Islands, breeding). 
Sterna dougallii arideensis MatuEews, Birds Australia, ii, pt. 4, Nov. 1, 1912, 
364 (Seychelles, breeding). 
Sterna bicuspis Licutenstern, Nom. Av. Mus. Berol., 1854, 98 (Bahia, Brazil; 
coll. Berlin Mus.). 
Sterna tenuirostris Licatenstein, Nom. Av. Mus. Berol., 1854, 98 (East Indies; 
coll. Berlin Mus.).¢ 
¢According to Saunders, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., xxv, 1896, 72, but this name does not 
occur in the copy of Lichtenstein’s Nomenclator in the Library of the U. 8. National 
Museum. A nomen nudum. 
